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Risk factors for sexual aggression in young men: an expansion of the confluence model
Author(s) -
Abbey Antonia,
JacquesTiura Angela J.,
LeBreton James M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/ab.20399
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , juvenile delinquency , confluence , developmental psychology , masculinity , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , personality , alcohol consumption , injury prevention , structural equation modeling , social psychology , clinical psychology , alcohol , medicine , medical emergency , biochemistry , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , computer science , psychoanalysis , programming language
There are many explanations for high rates of sexual aggression, with no one theory dominating the field. This study extends past research by evaluating an expanded version of the confluence model with a community sample. One‐hour audio computer‐assisted self‐interviews were completed by 470 young single men. Using structural equation analyses, delinquency, hostile masculinity, impersonal sex, and misperception of women's sexual cues were positively and directly associated with the number of sexually aggressive acts committed. There were also indirect effects of childhood victimization, personality traits associated with subclinical levels of psychopathy, and alcohol consumption. These findings demonstrate the usefulness of the confluence model, as well as the importance of broadening this theory to include additional constructs. Aggr. Behav. 37:450–464, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.