Kristen N Jozkowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 140434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristen N Jozkowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristen N |
| FAMILY NAME | Jozkowski |
| SIGNATURE | JOZKOWSKI K N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3894-5395 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 99 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 557 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 99 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Examining How Internal and External Consent Relate to Sexual Satisfaction and Pleasure
Sexual consent communication is part of healthy and safe sexual experiences. Although educators traditionally emphasize consent communication as a preventive measure against sexual violence, there exists a gap in understanding the sex-positive outcomes associated with sexual consent. This study was designed to assess if internal consent feelings and external consent communication and perceptions of a sexual partner’s external consent communicatio…
A Multi‐Study Assessment of Public Attitudes Toward Government's Role in Regulating Abortion Before and After the Dobbs v. Jackson Decision
Background The Dobbs v. Jackson decision radically shifted US abortion policy. This study examines how public attitudes toward state and federal government involvement in abortion regulation evolved surrounding this ruling. Methods Using a mixed‐methods approach, we first analyzed survey ( N = 1583) and interview data ( n = 24) collected in 2021, examining people's views on government involvement in abortion (Study 1). We then used a longitudinal…
Impacts of DIF Item Balance and Effect Size Incorporation With the Rasch Tree
Ensuring fairness in educational and psychological assessments is critical, particularly in detecting differential item functioning (DIF), where items perform differently across subgroups. The Rasch tree method, a model-based recursive partitioning approach, is an innovative and flexible DIF detection tool that does not require the pre-specification of focal and reference groups. However, research systematically examining its performance under re…
U.S. men's views about women's and men's agency in the abortion decision-making process
Research examining men's public opinion on women's and men's roles in abortion is limited but increasingly important as access to abortion has shifted dramatically in the U.S. In this study, we examined U.S. men's views of women's and men's agency in abortion decision-making. We explored 72 in-depth interviews on abortion attitudes conducted with men in 2021 and identified three main narratives. First, most men indicated that abortion is exclusiv…
Interrogating Authority Transfer Relationships from a Consent Lens
Authority Transfer Relationships (ATRs) represents an important and careful articulation of scholarship on power, intimacy, and notably consent.In conceptualizing ATRs as consensual relationships in which one partner voluntarily transfers decision-making authority to another partner, the authors seek to distinguish these arrangements from coercive dominance and from historically entrenched hierarchies such as patriarchy.Their framework articulate…
What Would You Tell Your Friend About Trying to Consent After Having Consumed Alcohol? Advice from U.S. College Students About How They Navigate Alcohol-Involved Consensual Sexual Behavior
Did the Dobbs v. Jackson Decision Influence People’s Attitudes Toward Abortion Legality Across Abortion Circumstances and Weeks’ Gestation
Introduction We examined the impact of the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on changes in people’s attitudes toward endorsement of legal abortion across abortion circumstances (e.g., woman’s health endangerment , low income , rape , unprepared to parent ) and weeks’ gestation (i.e., never, 6 weeks, 15 weeks, 22 weeks, always). Methods Longitudinal data were collected from a nationally representative sample of English and…
Sexual Choking at University Students’ Most Recent Sexual Event: Consent, Wantedness, and Choking-Related Symptoms
Introduction Sexual choking is a form of neck compression that has become prevalent among young adults in the United States and internationally. We aimed to examine sexual choking in relation to event-level consent and consent cues, wantedness, safe words, safe gestures, and bodily responses to being choked. Method The analytic sample was comprised of 3780 randomly sampled students (1839 women, 1858 men, 84 transgender and gender nonbinary studen…
Examining public opinion on endorsed punishments for illegal abortion by abortion legality and abortion‐restrictive states before Dobbs v. Jackson
Research Summary As a result of the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v. Wade , state lawmakers can and have enacted abortion restrictions, including criminal penalties targeting those who seek, provide, or assist with abortion. Given the current legal landscape, it is imperative to assess public opinion regarding the endorsement of punishments for illegal abortion. We conducted multivariate analyses t…
The Persistence of Sexual Scripts and Compromised Sexual Agency: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Songs “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and “Blurred Lines”
Given the lack of formal sexuality education in the United States, adolescents often rely on media, such as music, for information about sexual behavior, including sexual consent. However, popular music lyrics may perpetuate expectations for sexual behavior and consent communication that reflect unequal power between men and women, as well as sexual coercion. In this study, we used critical discourse analysis to examine the lyrics of two popular …
How Familism and Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Shape Attitudes Toward Legal Abortion Among Latinx and non-Latinx Adults in the United States
People who strongly value family ties may see family support and interconnection as a reason to discourage women from seeking abortion. At the same time, sexist beliefs are often linked to negative views on abortion. Hostile and benevolent sexism are typically associated with anti-abortion sentiment; hostile sexism conceptualizes abortion as a challenge to traditional gender roles and benevolent sexism conceptualizes abortion as a rejection of wo…
How Does Alcohol Use Relate to Sexual Consent? A Scoping Review
People consume alcohol prior to both consensual and nonconsensual sexual activity. To better inform education and prevention efforts targeting the coalescing of alcohol, sexual consent, and sexual violence, we conducted a scoping review of 57 articles published between 1999 and 2024 that examined the relationship between alcohol use and sexual consent. Most articles were qualitative and investigated how alcohol related to perceptions of consent, …
Navigating Consent During Alcohol-Involved Sex: A Qualitative Study Examining Alcohol Consumption and the Sexual Consent Communication Process
Sexual consent is a foundational aspect of sexual encounters as it distinguishes sexual assault from consensual sex. Despite alcohol-involved sexual assault being a serious public health issue, many college students report engaging in "consensual drunk sex." Thus, understanding how college students determine consent to alcohol-involved sex is essential. We explored college students' perceptions of consensual alcohol-involved sexual encounters, fo…
Who Were You Thinking About? Participant Reports of People They Imagined While Responding to an Abortion Attitudes Survey
Objective Abortion attitudes vary based on abortion contexts (e.g., reasons for abortion) and potentially the abortion seeker (i.e., abortion actor). Yet, abortion‐related survey research may not account for these factors. We explored the abortion actors and contexts that respondents think about while responding to abortion attitude survey items. Methods We used a mixed‐methods, multi‐study design. In Study 1, participants were randomly assigned …
We Rely on Others, but Perhaps Too Much?” Assessing How College Students Use Relational and Social Contexts to Determine Consent During an Alcohol-Involved Sexual Encounter
College students frequently combine alcohol and sexual activity, often perceiving these encounters as consensual. However, alcohol use is also a significant risk factor for sexual assault. Recognizing that alcohol is implicated in both consensual and nonconsensual sexual activity, in this study we aimed to assess the relational and social dynamics of alcohol-involved, consensual sexual activity. We recruited 29 students from a large Midwestern un…
A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Women’s Experiences of Internalized Sociocultural Sexual Pressure
Sexual coercion occurs when a person applies pressure to force another person to have unwanted sex. Yet, sociocultural expectations may also impact women's sexual consent/refusal behaviors in the absence of partner pressure. We conducted a qualitative meta-synthesis to investigate factors contributing to incongruent sexual decision-making (i.e. internal feelings which are inconsistent with their consent/refusal behaviors) among women from western…
How do Young People Feel About a BrAC Limit for Consenting to Sex After Consuming Alcohol
Distinct and Separate Issues: Examining US Adults' Attitudes Toward Abortion During Covid‐19
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic reshaped people's healthcare experiences and access to healthcare, including abortion. In response to the COVID‐19 outbreak, some policymakers claimed that abortion is a nonessential service and should be restricted. In contrast, other policymakers contended that abortion is time‐sensitive essential healthcare, and access to it should be protected. These efforts put access to abortion into the public arena during …
Exploring the Association between Measures of Cross-Culturalism and Abortion Attitudes Amongst Latinxs in the United States
It is imperative to understand how cross-cultural processes are associated with Latinxs’ social attitudes. In this study, we analyzed data from an online survey of 968 Latinx adults in the United States. We explored the associations of three different cross-cultural scales—the Brief Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (BASH), the Psychological Acculturation Scale (PAS), and the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans II (ARSMA-II)—with U.S…
(Re)Conceptualizing abortion attitudes through the lens of Abortion Tolerance
Is news consumption related to abortion attitudes? An exploratory study with a nationally representative sample of US adults
The news is an efficient way to share information and plays an important role in shaping and reflecting cultural values and norms. However, research examining news consumption and abortion attitudes is limited. In this exploratory study, we analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of 886 US adults to assess whether self-reported frequency of news consumption—by news format (e.g., television, radio, newspaper, social media), news lean…
Recent research involving consent, alcohol intoxication, and memory: Implications for expert testimony in sexual assault cases
Can someone be both pro‐life and pro‐choice? Results from a national survey of US adults
Our findings demonstrate complexity in measuring people's endorsement of abortion identity labels. We recommend developing more nuanced and consistent measures to assess abortion attitudes
Participant‐driven salient beliefs regarding abortion: Implications for abortion attitude measurement
Objective Guided by the Reasoned Action Approach, we used a salient belief elicitation (SBE) to elicit participant‐generated beliefs regarding abortion. SBE is a formative research technique used to elicit people's control (i.e., perceived facilitators and barriers associated with a behavior), behavioral (i.e., perceived positive and negative consequences of doing a behavior), and normative (i.e., influence of important people/peers regarding a b…
Attitudes toward abortion legality and abortion regulation: Insights from a nationally representative study
Objective National public opinion polls and surveys use different questions from one another to assess people's abortion attitudes. We included commonly asked abortion attitude items on a single survey to examine people's attitudes toward abortion legality and abortion restriction to create profiles of people which we then compared across state groups. Concurrently assessing attitudes toward both abortion legality and restrictions is important gi…
College Students and Sexual Consent: Unique Insights
Sexual assault continues to be a salient health concern, especially among college women. Because assault is often defined in terms of consent, prevention efforts hinge on promoting the definition and the obtainment of consent as a mechanism to reduce assault. Despite the focus on consent promotion, research specifically examining consent in general and among college students specifically is limited. College students (n = 185) were recruited to pa…
Gender Differences in Heterosexual College Students' Conceptualizations and Indicators of Sexual Consent: Implications for Contemporary Sexual Assault Prevention Education
Because sexual assault is often defined in terms of nonconsent, many prevention efforts focus on promoting the clear communication of consent as a mechanism to reduce assault. Yet little research has specifically examined how sexual consent is being conceptualized by heterosexual college students. In this study, 185 Midwestern U.S. college students provided responses to open-ended questions addressing how they define, communicate, and interpret s…
Evaluating the One-in-Five Statistic: Women’s Risk of Sexual Assault While in College
In 2014, U.S. president Barack Obama announced a White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, noting that "1 in 5 women on college campuses has been sexually assaulted during their time there." Since then, this one-in-five statistic has permeated public discourse. It is frequently reported, but some commentators have criticized it as exaggerated. Here, we address the question, "What percentage of women are sexually assaulted wh…
Sexual Consent Communication in Best-Selling Pornography Films: A Content Analysis
Even though young people report learning about sex from pornography, most do not think this sexual medium teaches them about sexual consent communication. But research shows that people are also able to evaluate pornography as consensual or not. Therefore, we proposed that pornography depicts subtle sexual scripts regarding sexual consent communication. We conducted a content analysis of 50 20-minute segments within best-selling pornographic film…
Complexity in Attitudes Toward Abortion Access: Results from Two Studies
A Content Analysis of Sexual Consent and Refusal Communication in Mainstream Films
Young adults have limited access to comprehensive sex education. As such, they may seek sexuality information through such alternative sources, such as mass media. Previous research suggests that media, including films and television shows, can influence sexual behaviors and attitudes. Because sexual consent communication is important to sexual experiences, the purpose of this study was to assess how sexual consent and refusal communication were …
Sexual Consent In and Out of the Bedroom: Disjunctive Views of Heterosexual College Students
Previous research assumes that people communicate consent “in the bedroom” or other private settings and immediately prior to sexual activity. The research presented in this study challenges that notion, examining consent as it was interpreted by 30 heterosexual college students during in-depth interviews. Our findings suggest that men often read consent as happening in social settings, whereas women are more likely to conceptualize such cues as …
College Students' Sexual Consent Communication And Perceptions of Sexual Double Standards: A Qualitative Investigation
College students' consent communication may be influenced by gender norms that challenge assumptions of affirmative consent standards. Cultural shifts in students' views of sexuality may be necessary for affirmative consent policies to be effective
Abortion Complexity Scores from 1972 to 2018: A Cross-Sectional Time-Series Analysis Using Data from the General Social Survey
Assessing the Within-Person Variability of Internal and External Sexual Consent
Sexual consent is often conceptualized as an internal willingness to engage in sexual activity, which can be communicated externally to a sexual partner. Internal sexual consent comprises feelings of physical response, safety/comfort, arousal, agreement/want, and readiness; external sexual consent includes communication cues that may be explicit or implicit and verbal or nonverbal. Most previous research on sexual consent has focused on between-p…
Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Perceptions of the Consent to Sex Scale
Although sexual assault prevention education tends to focus on consent promotion as a means to reduce rates of sexual assault, little is known about how college students consent to sexual activity. The current study aimed to better understand college students' consent via the systematic development of the Consent to Sex Scale (CSS), utilizing mixed methods via three phases and two waves of data collection. In Phase 1, qualitative data were collec…
Consenting to Sexual Activity: The Development and Psychometric Assessment of Dual Measures of Consent
Examining the Relationship Between Roe v. Wade Knowledge and Sentiment Across Political Party and Abortion Identity
Navigating Consent in the Context of Sexual Choking/Strangulation: Findings from Qualitative Interviews with Young Adults
Are Women’s Orgasms Hindered by Phallocentric Imperatives
Developing Valid and Feasible Measures of Sexual Consent for Experience Sampling Methodology
Preliminary evidence indicates that people's sexual consent (i.e., their willingness to engage in sexual activity and communication of that willingness) varies across time and context. Study designs that assess sexual consent at multiple time points (e.g., experience sampling methodology [ESM]) are needed to better understand the within-person variability of sexual consent. However, extant validated measures of sexual consent are not appropriate …
Translation frameworks and questionnaire design approaches as a component of health research and practice: A discussion and taxonomy of popular translation frameworks and questionnaire design approach…
How Does Alcohol Consumption Affect Perceptions of One’s Own and a Drinking Partner’s Ability to Consent to Sexual Activity
In this naturalistic study, our aim was to examine the extent to which alcohol consumption affected perceptions of one's own and one's friend's ability to consent to sexual activity. We surveyed 160 adult bargoers in pairs about their own and their friends' alcohol consumption, intoxication symptoms, and ability to consent to sexual activity. On average, participants reported consuming 4.97 drinks, rated themselves at the legal limit for driving,…
Beyond the Dyad: An Assessment of Sexual Assault Prevention Education Focused on Social Determinants of Sexual Assault Among College Students
Sexual assault is prevalent in the United States, particularly among college women. Prevention programs are implemented to combat assault, yet rates have not changed for five decades. A course designed to deconstruct contextualized factors contributing to assault was developed as an alternative prevention initiative. The current study assessed the effectiveness of the course compared with a traditional program via in-depth interviews with student…
Examining the Relationship Between Perceptions of Pregnancy and Fetal Development Timing and Support for Abortion Bans
This study examines the relationship between perceptions of pregnancy and fetal milestone timing and support for abortion bans. Using survey data collected from a representative sample of 739 US adults, we use logistic regression to predict support for six- and 15-week abortion bans. Perceptions of timing for the milestones of pregnancy awareness and fetal pain are significantly related to support for six-week abortion bans. Furthermore, this rel…
Do Fetal Development Markers Influence Attitudes toward Abortion Legality
In the United States, legislation intended to limit abortion access based on fetal development markers (e.g., heartbeat, fetal pain) has become increasingly common. We found that people’s support for legal abortion decreases when survey items mention fetal developmental markers compared with items that do not. However, the majority of participants supported access to legal abortion in health-related circumstances or pregnancies as a result of rap…
Examining abortion attitudes in the context of gestational age
Objective The aim of this study is to examine how situational abortion attitudes differ when including additional context related to the gestational age of the pregnancy. Method Ordinary Least Squares Regression models predicting abortion attitudes across four different sets of abortion attitude questions, using data collected from an online panel weighted to match U.S. benchmarks. Results Later gestational ages are associated with less support f…
Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women (Sesii-W) in a Sample of Lesbian and Bisexual Women
The Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women (SESII-W) assesses propensities for sexual excitation (SE) and inhibition (SI). Previous research utilizing the SESII-W included samples comprised exclusively or almost entirely of heterosexual women. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the SESII-W and assess its relation to aspects of sexual function within a sample of lesbian and bisexual women. The …
Abortion Stigma: Attitudes Toward Abortion Responsibility, Illegal Abortion, and Perceived Punishments of “Illegal Abortion”
We examined public opinion regarding unique aspects of abortion legality to better understand potential contexts in which stigma may occur and the extent that people (a) believe actors involved in abortion (i.e., pregnant woman, healthcare provider, man involved in the pregnancy, someone providing information about where to get an abortion, parents of a minor) should be held responsible for illegal abortion, (b) believe abortion should be illegal…
The Role of Racism and Sexism in Attitudes Towards Abortion Among White, Latinx, and Black Individuals
Jennifer Hillman. Sexuality and Aging: Clinical Perspectives
Sexuality Information Seeking and Sexual Function Among Women Attending In-Home Sex Toy Parties
Outside traditional risk-oriented public health campaigns, few sexuality education opportunities exist for adult women, particularly those in partnered relationships, that address issues related to sexual desire and pleasure. Data were collected from 677 women attending in-home sex toy parties to assess whether they sought sexuality-related information at a recent party they attended. Participants reported asking 765 questions at parties. The que…
College Students and Sexual Consent: Unique Insights
Sexual assault continues to be a salient health concern, especially among college women. Because assault is often defined in terms of consent, prevention efforts hinge on promoting the definition and the obtainment of consent as a mechanism to reduce assault. Despite the focus on consent promotion, research specifically examining consent in general and among college students specifically is limited. College students (n = 185) were recruited to pa…
The Influence of Consent on College Students’ Perceptions of the Quality of Sexual Intercourse at Last Event
The current study assessed consent's relation to quality of sexual intercourse. College students (n = 640) participated in a survey assessing their most recent intercourse. Hierarchical regression was conducted: alcohol consumption, relationship status, and age were entered in Step 1; the Internal and External Consent Scale factors were entered in Step 2. For women, three internal consent factors explained a significant proportion of variance in …
Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Perceptions of the Consent to Sex Scale
Although sexual assault prevention education tends to focus on consent promotion as a means to reduce rates of sexual assault, little is known about how college students consent to sexual activity. The current study aimed to better understand college students' consent via the systematic development of the Consent to Sex Scale (CSS), utilizing mixed methods via three phases and two waves of data collection. In Phase 1, qualitative data were collec…
Gender Differences in Heterosexual College Students' Conceptualizations and Indicators of Sexual Consent: Implications for Contemporary Sexual Assault Prevention Education
Because sexual assault is often defined in terms of nonconsent, many prevention efforts focus on promoting the clear communication of consent as a mechanism to reduce assault. Yet little research has specifically examined how sexual consent is being conceptualized by heterosexual college students. In this study, 185 Midwestern U.S. college students provided responses to open-ended questions addressing how they define, communicate, and interpret s…
Consenting to Sexual Activity: The Development and Psychometric Assessment of Dual Measures of Consent
Does Drinking Alcohol Prior to Sexual Activity Influence College Students’ Consent
Objectives: This study assessed the extent to which consuming alcohol prior to sexual activity influenced college students' verbal/behavior cues utilized to communicate consent (external consent) as well as their feelings associated with consent (internal consent). Methods: Data was collected via paper-and-pencil surveys administered to heterosexual college students (N = 794) in the United States. Results: After controlling for gender, relationsh…
The Status of Reproductive and Sexual Health in Southern USA: Policy Recommendations for Improving Health Outcomes
Does Women's Body Appreciation Differ by Sexual Orientation? A Brief Report
Sexual minority identification may affect women's experiences of body image; however, existing research has solely compared lesbian and heterosexual women. The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine differences in body appreciation among women who identify as heterosexual, bisexual, and other sexual minorities were found. Findings from analysis of covariance revealed significant differences in body appreciation between sexual minority an…
Beyond the Dyad: An Assessment of Sexual Assault Prevention Education Focused on Social Determinants of Sexual Assault Among College Students
Sexual assault is prevalent in the United States, particularly among college women. Prevention programs are implemented to combat assault, yet rates have not changed for five decades. A course designed to deconstruct contextualized factors contributing to assault was developed as an alternative prevention initiative. The current study assessed the effectiveness of the course compared with a traditional program via in-depth interviews with student…
Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women (Sesii-W) in a Sample of Lesbian and Bisexual Women
The Sexual Excitation/Sexual Inhibition Inventory for Women (SESII-W) assesses propensities for sexual excitation (SE) and inhibition (SI). Previous research utilizing the SESII-W included samples comprised exclusively or almost entirely of heterosexual women. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the SESII-W and assess its relation to aspects of sexual function within a sample of lesbian and bisexual women. The …
The Complexities of Sexual Consent Among College Students: A Conceptual and Empirical Review
Headlines publicize controversies about sexual assault among college students, and universities face pressure to revise their sexual consent policies. What can the social science literature contribute to this discussion? In this article, we briefly discuss reasons for the recent upsurge in attention to these issues, the prevalence of sexual assault among college students, and aspects of college life that increase the risk of sexual assault and co…
Sexual Health Education Topics in Schools: Inclusion and Timing Preferences of a Sample of Southern U.S. College Students
College Students' Sexual Consent Communication And Perceptions of Sexual Double Standards: A Qualitative Investigation
College students' consent communication may be influenced by gender norms that challenge assumptions of affirmative consent standards. Cultural shifts in students' views of sexuality may be necessary for affirmative consent policies to be effective
Evaluating the One-in-Five Statistic: Women’s Risk of Sexual Assault While in College
In 2014, U.S. president Barack Obama announced a White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, noting that "1 in 5 women on college campuses has been sexually assaulted during their time there." Since then, this one-in-five statistic has permeated public discourse. It is frequently reported, but some commentators have criticized it as exaggerated. Here, we address the question, "What percentage of women are sexually assaulted wh…
Ladies First? Not So Fast: Linguistic Sexism in Peer-Reviewed Research
The words we use reflect and influence our interpretation of the world. The role of gender within a language varies; biases based on social gender are referred to as linguistic sexism. Male firstness is the practice of persistently ordering masculine terms before feminine terms. Because academic writing is mandated to be free of bias, peer-reviewed research should not contain any form of linguistic sexism. To assess the presence of male firstness…
Complexity in Attitudes Toward Abortion Access: Results from Two Studies
Sexual Consent In and Out of the Bedroom: Disjunctive Views of Heterosexual College Students
Previous research assumes that people communicate consent “in the bedroom” or other private settings and immediately prior to sexual activity. The research presented in this study challenges that notion, examining consent as it was interpreted by 30 heterosexual college students during in-depth interviews. Our findings suggest that men often read consent as happening in social settings, whereas women are more likely to conceptualize such cues as …
How Does Alcohol Consumption Affect Perceptions of One’s Own and a Drinking Partner’s Ability to Consent to Sexual Activity
In this naturalistic study, our aim was to examine the extent to which alcohol consumption affected perceptions of one's own and one's friend's ability to consent to sexual activity. We surveyed 160 adult bargoers in pairs about their own and their friends' alcohol consumption, intoxication symptoms, and ability to consent to sexual activity. On average, participants reported consuming 4.97 drinks, rated themselves at the legal limit for driving,…
Are Women’s Orgasms Hindered by Phallocentric Imperatives
Beyond “Just Saying No”: A Preliminary Evaluation of Strategies College Students Use to Refuse Sexual Activity
Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent Communication: Effects of Gender, Relationship Status, and Type of Sexual Behavior
Objectives: College students believe that they are supposed to be explicit and verbal in their sexual consent communication. We examined various contexts to determine when sexual consent is likely to be communicated explicitly and verbally. Method: We surveyed U.S. college students’ (n = 707) sexual consent communication. Results: We identified contexts when explicit verbal consent cues are less likely—when the person is a woman, when the sexual …
Sexual consent in K–12 sex education: An analysis of current health education standards in the United States
In the USA, universities have recently developed policies and programmes on sexual consent education. But waiting until students enroll in higher education may be too late to begin this work. To examine the extent that K–12 health education standards promote sexual consent education, we conducted a pilot study and found that only two of eighteen states explicitly mentioned sexual consent in their health education standards. Using a small sample (…
College Student E-cigarette Use: A Reasoned Action Approach Measure Development
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument using the reasoned action approach (RAA) to measure recreational electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among college students. Methods: Using a multi-phase, cross-sectional design, a 32-item measure was developed, and the factor structure was explored and confirmed using an exploratory factor analysis (EFA; N = 369) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; N = 320), re…
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