Fielding student Casey Dawson presents research at the 2012 American Psychology-Law Society Annual Convention

Gender Differences in Sexual Aggression Perpetration and Victimization in Young Adults -- Casey Dawson, Fielding Graduate University; Lisa Beck, University of Alabama; Kristine Marie Jacquin, Fielding Graduate University

Abstract:
Gender differences were examined in young adults who reported being victims and/or perpetrators of sexual aggression. University students (N = 791) completed an anonymous online survey of their experiences as victims and/or as perpetrators of sexually aggressive behaviors ranging from unwanted sexual contact to rape. Females were significantly more likely to report being a victim of all types of sexual aggression. However, although males were significantly more likely to report perpetrating sexual aggression by coercion, there were no gender differences in reported perpetration through attempted coercion, attempted rape, and rape.

Dawson, C.J., Beck, L., Jacquin, K (2012). Gender Differences in Sexual Aggression Perpetration and Victimization in Young Adults. Presented at American Psychology-Law Society Conference 2012


Parent Behaviors and Exposure to Violence as Predictors of Sexual Aggression Perpetration in Young Adults -- Casey Dawson, Fielding Graduate University; Lisa Beck, University of Alabama; Kristine Marie Jacquin, Fielding Graduate University

Abstract:
We examined the potential mediating and moderating effects of parenting factors (attachment, bonding, authority, and conflict tactics) on the relationship between childhood exposure to violence and sexual aggression perpetration in young adults. Participants (N = 787) were college students who completed an anonymous online survey about parenting factors, childhood exposure to violence, and sexually aggressive behaviors. The results suggest that if a girl is exposed to violence during childhood and also experiences physical assaults from her mother, authoritarian parenting style, or sexual aggression victimization during adolescence, she is at significantly greater risk of becoming a perpetrator of sexual aggression

Dawson, C.J., Beck, L., Jacquin, K (2012). Parent Behaviors and Exposure to Violence as Predictors of Sexual Aggression Perpetration in Young Adults. Presented at American Psychology-Law Society Conference 2012