Date Rape and Sexual Aggression in College Males: Incidence and the Involvement of Impulsivity, Anger, Hostility, Psychopathology, Peer Influence and Pornography Use.

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between sexual aggression and date rape and the character traits of anger, hostility, impulsivity, psychopathology, peer pressure, and pornography use. Male college students (N..480) completed a questionnaire that consisted of 10 instruments measuring character traits and se!lual aggressive behavior. Areas addressed in the questionnaire included background information (age, ethnicity, classification and year in school), sexual experiences, the relationship between the victim and the offender, the likelihood to rape, hostility toward women, anger, impulsivity, psychopathology, validity, and pornography use. The findings revealed that 37% of the male respondents used some type of verbal pressure to obtain sexual intercourse on at least one occasion. The perceatage of males who admitted to using force to obtain sexual intercourse was 2.4%, while 1.6% admitted to raping a woman. The results indicated that males who used pornography and experienced more pressure from their peers were disproportionately involved in sexuai aggression and date rape. Difficulty with expressing anger was found in males who manipulated circumstances in order to obtain sex. Impulsivity, hostility toward women, and psychopathology were not predictive of sexual aggression. The findings are supportive of previous research linking sexual aggression to pornography use and peer influences. Thus, interventions in these areas may be particularly effective in minimizing the occurrence of these destructive behaviors. (Author/NB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** Date Rape and Sexual Aggression in College Males: Incidence and the Involvement of hnpulsivity, Anger, Hostility, Psychopathology, Peer Influence and Pornography Use Leslie L. Crossman Texas A&M University 77843-4425 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY f-10 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC).U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educasonat Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Th.s document has been reproduced as rece.ved from the Person Or Organization Orvnating Minor changes have been made to .mprove reprOduCtIOn qualdy Points of view or opinIons stated in thmdocu. ment do not necessarily represent offictal OE RI pos.fion or pohcy Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, January, 1994, San Antonio, TX.

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