Linking Family-of-Origin Experiences and Perpetration of Sexual Coercion: College Males’ Sense of Entitlement
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- 作者：Evin W. Richardson ; Leslie Gordon Simons…
- 关键词：Emerging adults ; Sexual Assault ; Family of Origin ; Overparenting ; Inconsistent Parenting ; Interparental hostility
- 刊名：Journal of Child and Family Studies
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：March 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：26
- 期：3
- 页码：781-791
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- 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
- 刊物主题：Child and School Psychology; Social Sciences, general; Sociology, general;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1573-2843
- 卷排序：26
文摘
Sexual coercion on college campuses has become of major concern in recent decades. In recent years, researchers and policy makers have called for greater attention to this topic in order to reduce the sexual violence on college campuses. Recent research has examined the impact of family-of-origin experiences on the perpetration of sexual coercion. The current study examines the association between family-of-origin experiences, such as warmth and hostility between parents, inconsistent parenting, and overparenting during childhood, and the perpetration of sexual coercion among emerging adult males while examining feelings of entitlement as a possible mediator. Data from 326 male undergraduate students were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results show that warmth and hostility between parents has a significant association with parenting behaviors (i.e., overparenting and inconsistent parenting) and that hostility between parents is associated with the perpetration of sexual coercion by the offspring in young adulthood for males. Also, findings suggest that while overparenting and inconsistent parenting during childhood are not directly associated with the perpetration of sexual coercion during emerging adulthood, they are strongly related to feelings of entitlement, which in turn was found to be associated with the perpetration of sexual coercion for males. These results have important implications for family life education, including relationship and parenting education, and for future research.