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Kristen N. Jozkowski

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Associations between sexual precedent and sexual compliance: An event-level examination

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Malachi Willis, Tsung-chieh Fu, K. Jozkowski, B. Dodge, D. Herbenick
Journal of American College Health, 2020
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Willis, M., Fu, T.-chieh, Jozkowski, K., Dodge, B., & Herbenick, D. (2020). Associations between sexual precedent and sexual compliance: An event-level examination. Journal of American College Health.

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Willis, Malachi, Tsung-chieh Fu, K. Jozkowski, B. Dodge, and D. Herbenick. “Associations between Sexual Precedent and Sexual Compliance: An Event-Level Examination.” Journal of American College Health (2020).

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Willis, Malachi, et al. “Associations between Sexual Precedent and Sexual Compliance: An Event-Level Examination.” Journal of American College Health, 2020.

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@article{malachi2020a,
  title = {Associations between sexual precedent and sexual compliance: An event-level examination},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Journal of American College Health},
  author = {Willis, Malachi and Fu, Tsung-chieh and Jozkowski, K. and Dodge, B. and Herbenick, D.}
}

Abstract

Objective: Most studies on agreeing to unwanted sex have assessed sexual encounters between people who have had sex before. Thus, we examined instances of sexual compliance with a novel sexual partner.

Participants: A probability sample of college students at a university in the Midwest United States (N = 7,112).

Methods: Participants completed an online survey based on measures from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior.

Results: Only 2.5% (n = 179) agreed to unwanted sexual activity at their most recent sexual encounter. People who were sexually compliant with a novel sexual partner frequently did so due to their own alcohol intoxication. Further, sexual compliance with novel sexual partners was less frequently associated with affectionate sexual behaviors or orgasm.

Conclusions: Our initial findings regarding the effect of sexual precedent on sexual compliance warrant further research on instances when people agree to sex they don’t want with novel partners.

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