DEFINING SEXUAL CONSENT: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY OF RESPONSES
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ksuhonors15445595712270342021-08-03T07:09:15Z DEFINING SEXUAL CONSENT: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY OF RESPONSES Pallo, Alyssa M. Psychology sexual consent Determining if a partner communicates consent for sexual behavior is an important topic in sexual victimization research. I examined how college students define consent and whether they could correctly identify non-consent. I also examined the influence of gender, means of communication, and level of sexual activity on perceptions of non-consent. A total of 684 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to mode of communication conditions (verbal and non-verbal). Within each condition, participants completed a survey that included rating three examples of non-consent. The examples represented three within-subject variables of increasing levels of sexual activity. For the quantitative methods portion, consent was rated on a scale from 1 to 5, where 5 indicates that consent was “definitely not given.” For verbal consent, gender interacted with level of sexual activity. As the level of sexual activity increased, women rated the examples as being more non-consensual than men. For non-verbal consent, women rated the examples as more indicative of non-consent than men. For verbal consent, sexual victimization history interacted with level of sexual activity. For the qualitative portion, students wrote their interpretation of what “without my consent” means. Qualitative coding was used to identify the responses’ themes. Eleven dominant themes emerged. Multiple dominant themes had one or more sub-themes. Over 70% of responses reflected multiple themes and/or sub-themes. Results indicated that sexual consent is complex and includes an emotional component. Any formal definition adopted for research should contain multiple communication strategies, unacceptable situations, and permission giving and receiving. 2018-12-12 English text Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1544559571227034 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1544559571227034 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center. |
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DEFINING SEXUAL CONSENT: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY OF RESPONSES |
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defining sexual consent: a mixed-methods study of responses |
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