Zoë D Peterson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3457218 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Zoë D Peterson |
| PRENOMES | Zoë D |
| SOBRENOME | Peterson |
| ASSINATURA | PETERSON Z D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Missouri–St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2975-1062 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 62 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 821 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 62 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 15 |
A Longitudinal Examination of Sexual Functioning and Relationship Adjustment in Couples with Infertility
Prevailing models suggest sexual and relationship outcomes are bidirectionally linked, yet this association has rarely been tested under conditions that medicalize sexuality. In this one-year longitudinal study, we examined the directional relationship between sexual functioning and relationship adjustment among 66 mixed-gender couples undergoing treatment for infertility. Longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Models (APIMs) with three waves…
Prevalence and Demographic Correlates of Rough Sex Behaviors Among Adolescents Ages 14 to 17
Introduction Sexual practices commonly described as “rough sex” (e.g., choking, slapping) have become prevalent among young adults in the U.S. and internationally. Little is known about adolescents’ engagement in such behaviors. Using U.S. population data, we examined the prevalence and demographic correlates of rough sex behaviors among U.S. adolescents ages 14- to 17- years old. Method Data are from a confidential online U.S. nationally represe…
A Cross-National Comparison of Sexual Aggression Perpetration Among College Students in the United States and Colombia
Sexual aggression is a global issue, yet few studies have used a single instrument to draw comparisons of sexual aggression perpetration rates across nations. This study assessed self-reported rates of sexual aggression perpetration using the Sexual Initiation Strategies Scale (SISS) and compared rates between college students in the United States (U.S.) and Colombia. The SISS separates sexual aggression strategies into three categories: enticeme…
Comparing Prevalence of Multiple Types of Sexual Victimization Among Individuals with and without an Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis
Sexual victimization (SV) disproportionately affects individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), yet few studies have incorporated updated, well-validated tools that capture the full range of SV experiences. This study utilized the revised Sexual Experiences Survey – Victimization (SES-V) measure to examine rates of four forms of SV (noncontact, technology-facilitated, illegal, and verbal pressure) among U.S. adults with and without self-rep…
Exploring Measurement Strategies for Identifying Multiple‐Perpetrator Sexual Violence
Prior research suggests that multiple‐perpetrator sexual violence (e.g., gang rape) is very rare—reported by less than 2% of individuals. However, these estimates may be outdated and biased by measurement. The goal of this study was to explore the prevalence of multiple‐perpetrator sexual violence and ways to measure it. Data were aggregated across several studies that shared similar methodology in recruiting online, anonymous samples of adults (…
Examining Sexual Exploitation in a National US Sample of LGBTQ+ Individuals Using the Revised Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization
Sexual exploitation (SE) refers to sex acts imposed without freely given permission. Despite the elevated risks of SE experienced by LGBTQ+ individuals, limitations in many existing datasets and research reports preclude a comprehensive understanding by incorporating few LGBTQ+ individuals, not disaggregating by sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), and using non-inclusive measures of SE items. This paper presents the first use of the 20…
Technology-Facilitated Sexual Exploitation Module of the SES-V
Sexual exploitation represents a significant public health problem. One form of sexual exploitation that warrants urgent attention is technology-facilitated sexual exploitation (TFSE), especially given rapid increases in digital technology and social media usage, particularly among young people. The newly updated Sexual Experiences Survey (SES-V), a measure of sexual exploitation, now includes a module to measure TFSE. Using data from an online s…
Prevalence and Demographic Correlates of “Rough Sex” Behaviors
Rough sex behaviors have become prevalent among young adults in the U.S. and internationally. However, little is known about these behaviors at the population level. Using nationally representative survey data of 9029 U.S. adults, we aimed to provide population estimates and demographic correlates of 10 such behaviors: consensual and nonconsensual hair pulling, biting, face slapping, genital slapping, light spanking, hard spanking, choking, punch…
Different Components of Sexual Narcissism Are Differentially Associated With Specific Sexual Aggression Strategies
Objectives: This study investigated whether components of sexual narcissism are associated with different types of sexual aggression (e.g., verbal pressure or force) among students because this is a prevalent problem on college campuses. Methods: College students (N = 508) were recruited for a cross-sectional online study. Results: Results showed that components of sexual narcissism were related to different strategies of sexual aggression, with …
Beyond sexual victimization and perpetration
Quantifying Criminal Sexual Acts
Since the initial development of the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) four decades ago, the SES has been designed to measure a range of forms of sexual exploitation, including acts that are coercive but not legally sanctioned as well as acts that legally qualify as crimes. That feature was retained in the revised Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V) measure. This article reviews the theoretical and empirical literature that guided the d…
The Revised Sexual Experiences Survey Victimization Version (SES-V)
The Sexual Experiences Survey [SES] is considered the gold standard measure of non-consensual sexual experiences. This article introduces a new victimization version [SES-V] developed by a multidisciplinary collaboration, the first revision since 2007. The 2024 SES-V is designed to measure the construct of sexual exploitation since the 14th birthday. Notable revisions are adoption of a freely given permission standard for non-consent, introductio…
Words Can Hurt
This article describes the development of the Verbally Pressured Sexual Exploitation module of the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES)-Victimization (introduced by Koss et al., 2024). This module assesses the use of verbal or nonphysical, paraverbal pressure to obtain sexual acts without freely given permission. An interdisciplinary team of seven sexual exploitation researchers collaborated to create this module, with consultation from the full 15 me…
Preliminary Prevalence Estimates of Sexual Exploitation as Measured by the Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V) in a National US Sample
The new Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V) was designed to capture a larger range of sexual exploitation and to be applicable to more diverse populations than prior measures. This study represents the first administration of the SES-V in a national sample of adults ( N = 347). Participants were recruited from a crowdsourcing platform and selected to reflect the national distribution in terms of age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Rates of …
Preliminary Evidence of Validity for the Verbally Pressured and Illegal Sexual Exploitation Modules of the Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization
The Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V; see Koss et al., 2024) revises the prior 2007 Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (SES-SFV) in many ways, including expanded measurement of verbally pressured and illegal sexual exploitation, as well as the addition of items that assess being made to perform a sexual act or to penetrate another person sexually. The current article describes two initial validity studies of the SES-…
Women's Experiences of Sexual Harassment in Online Gaming
To better understand the types of sexual harassment women experience in online gaming, their labeling of such experiences, and the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim, we surveyed women gamers to inquire about their experiences. Participants were 182 women from North America who played online video games. Overall, 56.6% of participants reported experiencing one or more types of sexual harassment during online gaming. Additionally,…
Sexual Harassment and Assault in Public Spaces
I Can Tell You Wanna F
Given that exposure to sexual messages in song lyrics can influence sociocultural norms and expectations surrounding consent communication between partners, we sought to understand the types of messages regarding sexual initiation and consent language that are available to media consumers. Through the lens of sexual script theory, we conducted a quantitative content analysis of sexual consent in pop (n = 197), hip-hop (n = 193), and country songs…
An Exploratory Study of Sexual Aggression Tactics as a Function of Perpetrator Gender and Victim Gender
Objectives: This study sought to examine the association between perpetrator gender and victim gender and the use of sexually aggressive tactics (e.g., persistent enticement, verbal pressure, taking advantage of the inability to consent, and ignoring explicit non-consent). Methods: Participants were recruited from research panels to complete an online survey. They were asked to indicate which, if any, of 39 sexually aggressive tactics—representin…
Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Sexual Initiation Strategies Scale (Siss)
Psychometrically-sound measures of sexual aggression are essential for identifying risk factors for perpetration and examining the behavioral impact of prevention interventions. This project reports on the psychometric evaluation of a new measure of sexual perpetration-the Sexual Initiation Strategies Scale (SISS)-which was designed to correct for weaknesses in prior measures. In Study 1, scores on the SISS demonstrated reasonable convergent and …
Psychological Symptoms Associated with Sexual Victimization Experiences
Different types of sexual victimization are associated with different outcomes; for example, on average, physically forced sex is associated with worse psychological outcomes than verbally coerced sex. This study evaluated outcomes associated with sexual victimization as a function of sexual act and aggressive tactic, expanding upon the acts and tactics examined in prior studies. Participants who had experienced sexual victimization ( N = 402) co…
Sexual Consent at First-Time Intercourse
Objectives: We investigated whether the context of first-time intercourse (FTI) was associated with internal consent feelings and external consent communication at FTI. Method: = 1020) from universities in Canada and the United States retrospectively reported on their FTI. Results: Using structural equation modeling, we found that the context of participants' FTI (e.g. age, contraceptive use) predicted their internal consent, which in turn predic…
Understanding Adolescents’ Attitudes Toward Affirmative Consent
A clear understanding of sexual consent is important for sexual violence prevention. To date, most research has focused on how college students understand and negotiate consent. Although adolescence is a critical period for the development of sexual attitudes, identity, and intimate relationships, the perspectives of high school-aged youth have been largely absent from the consent literature. The current study investigated adolescents' attitudes …
Female Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Identity
This study addressed three goals related to better understanding the factors that contribute to female sexual satisfaction: (a) exploring differences in factors that contribute to perceptions of sexual satisfaction among women with varying sexual identities, (b) evaluating an existing measure of sexual satisfaction among women with diverse sexual identities, and (c) developing potential items for a future expanded measure of the factors contribut…
From Freewill to Force
Unwanted sex is sex that is not fully desired, whether an individual agrees to it or not. It can be coerced-when one person compels another unwilling person-or not coerced-when a person willing agrees to participate. Experiencing unwanted sex, especially when coerced, has been associated with negative psychological outcomes. Researchers have created severity continua of coerced sex based on type of coercion used, but relative severity of outcomes…
College Students and Sexual Consent
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
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…
Conceptualizing the “Wantedness” of Women's Consensual and Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences
Sex is often conceptualized either as wanted and consensual or as unwanted and nonconsensual, reflecting an implicit model of wanting that is unidimensional and dichotomous and that conflates wanting and consenting. Participants were college women who described their experiences with rape (n = 77) or consensual sexual intercourse (n = 87). Results supported a multidimensional model of sexual wanting and a wanting-consenting distinction. Compared …
Was It Rape? The Function of Women's Rape Myth Acceptance and Definitions of Sex in Labeling Their Own Experiences
Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Empowerment
What Is Sexual Empowerment? A Multidimensional and Process-Oriented Approach to Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Empowerment
What Is Sex and Why Does It Matter? A Motivational Approach to Exploring Individuals' Definitions of Sex
What sexual experiences qualify as "having sex"? We investigated two assumptions apparently underlying research on how individuals make these judgments: that individuals have clear definitions regarding what qualifies as sex and that these judgments depend on how closely the activity being assessed matches their definitions of sex. Using open-ended questionnaires, 100 students, 51 women and 49 men, described their experiences that were "almost bu…
III. Wanting and Not Wanting Sex
documented that the official discourse in sex education in public schools seldom acknowledged girls ’ sexual desire. Instead, sex education presented discourses of sexuality as violence, victimization, and immorality. In contrast, she documented an unofficial discourse of desire in girls ’ discussions outside the classroom. Fine noted the ambivalence many girls felt: ‘The adolescent woman herself assumes a dual consciousness – at once taken with …
Distinguishing Between Sex and Gender
Evaluating the One-in-Five Statistic
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…
Ambivalent Affect and Sexual Response
Discrepant Responding across Self-Report Measures of Men's Coercive and Aggressive Sexual Strategies
Researchers have worked to refine the measurement of women's experiences with sexual victimization. Less is known about the validity and reliability of measures that assess men's use of sexual coercion and aggression. These studies explore the consistency of men's responses to two distinct, but similar, measures of sexual coercion and aggression. The two measures both assess historical use of verbal coercion, sexual assault involving drugs or alc…
A Match-and-Motivation Model of How Women Label Their Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences
Many rape victims are unacknowledged rape victims—they report an experience meeting researchers’ operational definitions of rape but do not label their experience as rape. The purpose of this study was to investigate women’s decisions about whether to label their experiences as rape. Participants were 77 college women (predominantly White; mean age = 19.23) who had experienced rape according to the study’s operational definition. The researchers …
Men's and Women's Interpretation and Endorsement of Items Measuring Self-Reported Heterosexual Aggression
Early research on sexual aggression (e.g., sexual coercion, sexual assault, and rape) mainly focused on men as perpetrators and women as victims; more recently, researchers have begun to investigate women as perpetrators of sexual aggression as well. However, most measures of sexual aggression perpetration were designed for use with men and have not been well validated with women. This study sought to examine two different measures of sexual aggr…
Conceptualizing the "Wantedness" of Women's Consensual and Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences
Women’s Sexual Responses to Heterosexual and Lesbian Erotica
Unintentional Misreporting on Self-Report Measures of Sexually Aggressive Behavior
The development of effective sexual aggression prevention programs for men relies on data garnered from studies using self-report measures of sexual aggression perpetration. However, few studies have focused on understanding and improving self-report measures of sexual aggression perpetration. The current study used open-ended interviews to explore the nature and frequency of community men's (N = 34) unintentional misreporting-including both over…
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
Understanding Adolescents’ Attitudes Toward Affirmative Consent
A clear understanding of sexual consent is important for sexual violence prevention. To date, most research has focused on how college students understand and negotiate consent. Although adolescence is a critical period for the development of sexual attitudes, identity, and intimate relationships, the perspectives of high school-aged youth have been largely absent from the consent literature. The current study investigated adolescents' attitudes …
The Political Context for Personal Empowerment
Female Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Identity
This study addressed three goals related to better understanding the factors that contribute to female sexual satisfaction: (a) exploring differences in factors that contribute to perceptions of sexual satisfaction among women with varying sexual identities, (b) evaluating an existing measure of sexual satisfaction among women with diverse sexual identities, and (c) developing potential items for a future expanded measure of the factors contribut…
Preliminary Evidence of Validity for the Verbally Pressured and Illegal Sexual Exploitation Modules of the Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization
The Sexual Experiences Survey-Victimization (SES-V; see Koss et al., 2024) revises the prior 2007 Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Victimization (SES-SFV) in many ways, including expanded measurement of verbally pressured and illegal sexual exploitation, as well as the addition of items that assess being made to perform a sexual act or to penetrate another person sexually. The current article describes two initial validity studies of the SES-…
Would You Say You “Had Masturbated” If
The term masturbation is often not clearly defined despite its prevalent use in sex education, sex research, and clinical settings. The purpose of this study was to understand what behaviors are typically considered to be masturbation as well as the situational and individual variables that may affect the labeling of a behavior as such. An online study of 564 individuals demonstrated that a wide variety of behaviors were considered to be masturba…
The Revised Sexual Experiences Survey Victimization Version (SES-V)
The Sexual Experiences Survey [SES] is considered the gold standard measure of non-consensual sexual experiences. This article introduces a new victimization version [SES-V] developed by a multidisciplinary collaboration, the first revision since 2007. The 2024 SES-V is designed to measure the construct of sexual exploitation since the 14th birthday. Notable revisions are adoption of a freely given permission standard for non-consent, introductio…
Gender and sexuality
Gender has been conceptualized by various authors as socially constructed roles associated with each as what culture makes out of the `raw material of biological sex” and as nonphysiological aspects of being female or male--the cultural expectations for femininity and masculinity. To clarify their use of the term gender many authors contrast it with the term sex. For example Rosenblum and Travis (2003) described sex as referring females and males…
Was It Rape? The Function of Women's Rape Myth Acceptance and Definitions of Sex in Labeling Their Own Experiences
III. Wanting and Not Wanting Sex
documented that the official discourse in sex education in public schools seldom acknowledged girls ’ sexual desire. Instead, sex education presented discourses of sexuality as violence, victimization, and immorality. In contrast, she documented an unofficial discourse of desire in girls ’ discussions outside the classroom. Fine noted the ambivalence many girls felt: ‘The adolescent woman herself assumes a dual consciousness – at once taken with …
What Is Sex and Why Does It Matter? A Motivational Approach to Exploring Individuals' Definitions of Sex
What sexual experiences qualify as "having sex"? We investigated two assumptions apparently underlying research on how individuals make these judgments: that individuals have clear definitions regarding what qualifies as sex and that these judgments depend on how closely the activity being assessed matches their definitions of sex. Using open-ended questionnaires, 100 students, 51 women and 49 men, described their experiences that were "almost bu…
Conceptualizing the "Wantedness" of Women's Consensual and Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences
Conceptualizing the “Wantedness” of Women's Consensual and Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences
Sex is often conceptualized either as wanted and consensual or as unwanted and nonconsensual, reflecting an implicit model of wanting that is unidimensional and dichotomous and that conflates wanting and consenting. Participants were college women who described their experiences with rape (n = 77) or consensual sexual intercourse (n = 87). Results supported a multidimensional model of sexual wanting and a wanting-consenting distinction. Compared …
Ambivalent Affect and Sexual Response
What Is Sexual Empowerment? A Multidimensional and Process-Oriented Approach to Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Empowerment
Sexual Functioning Following Elective Hysterectomy
In this article, two studies were conducted to investigate the surgical and psychosocial correlates of women's post-hysterectomy sexual functioning. In Study 1, sexual functioning was measured in an online convenience sample of 65 women who had undergone elective hysterectomy. Results suggested that most women experienced improved sexual functioning after their hysterectomy. Women who underwent hysterectomy to treat endometriosis reported less im…
Women’s Sexual Responses to Heterosexual and Lesbian Erotica
Prevalence and consequences of adult sexual assault of men
A Match-and-Motivation Model of How Women Label Their Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences
Many rape victims are unacknowledged rape victims—they report an experience meeting researchers’ operational definitions of rape but do not label their experience as rape. The purpose of this study was to investigate women’s decisions about whether to label their experiences as rape. Participants were 77 college women (predominantly White; mean age = 19.23) who had experienced rape according to the study’s operational definition. The researchers …
Distinguishing Between Sex and Gender
Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Empowerment
Gender and the Choice of a Science Career
Validation of the Traumatic Sexualization Survey for Use with Heterosexual Men
Two studies were conducted to validate the traumatic sexualization survey (TSS) for use with heterosexual men. In study 1, an online sample of men completed the TSS and measures used to examine convergent and divergent validity. An exploratory factor analysis revealed that the TSS had a similar factor structure in men as previously found in women. The TSS demonstrated adequate reliability and validity with men. In study 2, male sexually transmitt…
Investigating the Impact of Inquiry Mode on Self-Reported Sexual Behavior
Measurement of sexual behaviors is typically reliant on retrospective self-reports of behaviors. Historically, self-reported sexual behavior data were primarily collected through face-to-face interviews or paper-and-pencil questionnaires, as these were the only modes of inquiry available. In recent decades, technological innovations such as telephones, computers, and the Internet have expanded the self-report inquiry modes available. The addition…
The Political Context for Personal Empowerment
Discrepant Responding across Self-Report Measures of Men's Coercive and Aggressive Sexual Strategies
Researchers have worked to refine the measurement of women's experiences with sexual victimization. Less is known about the validity and reliability of measures that assess men's use of sexual coercion and aggression. These studies explore the consistency of men's responses to two distinct, but similar, measures of sexual coercion and aggression. The two measures both assess historical use of verbal coercion, sexual assault involving drugs or alc…
College Students and Sexual Consent
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…
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
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…
Physiological reactivity in a community sample of sexually aggressive young men
Men's sexually aggressive behavior potentially could relate to either physiological hyporeactivity or hyperreactivity, and these two different physiological profiles could be associated with different underlying causes of sexual aggression. Thus, measurement of physiological reactivity could provide insight into mechanisms relevant to the etiology of sexual aggression. The relationship between sexual aggression and physiological reactivity was in…
Men's and Women's Interpretation and Endorsement of Items Measuring Self-Reported Heterosexual Aggression
Early research on sexual aggression (e.g., sexual coercion, sexual assault, and rape) mainly focused on men as perpetrators and women as victims; more recently, researchers have begun to investigate women as perpetrators of sexual aggression as well. However, most measures of sexual aggression perpetration were designed for use with men and have not been well validated with women. This study sought to examine two different measures of sexual aggr…
Consenting to Sexual Activity
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