Table 2.
Baseline equivalence of RealConsent and attention-placebo comparison condition participants (N=743).
| Characteristics | RealConsent intervention (n=376) |
Attention-placebo comparison (n=367) |
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| Sociodemographics |
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Age (years), mean (SD) | 20.42 (1.69) | 20.33 (1.66) |
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International student,a n (%) | 9 (2.4) | 18 (4.9) |
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Member of a fraternity,a n (%) | 37 (9.9) | 53 (14.6) |
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Member of an athletic team at college, n (%) | 29 (7.8) | 34 (9.4) |
| Race, n (%) |
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White | 170 (45.2) | 158 (43.1) |
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African American or black | 83 (22.1) | 83 (22.6) |
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Asian or Pacific Islander | 73 (19.4) | 73 (19.9) |
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Hispanic or Latino | 38 (10.1) | 42 (11.4) |
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American Indian, Alaskan native, or native Hawaiian | 12 (3.2) | 11 (3.0) |
| Frequency of vaginal intercourse, mean (SD)a | 7.55 (12.75) | 8.38 (13.03) | |
| Grade point average, a n (%) |
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<2.0 | 8 (2.1) | 14 (3.8) |
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2.0-2.9 | 112 (29.8) | 124 (33.8) |
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3.0-3.4 | 163 (43.4) | 150 (40.9) |
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3.5-4.0 | 93 (24.7) | 79 (21.5) |
| Residence status, a n (%) |
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Campus or residence hall | 80 (21.5) | 80 (22.0) |
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Fraternity house | 2 (0.5) | 6 (1.6) |
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Other university housing | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.1) |
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Off-campus housing such as own apartment | 141 (37.9) | 123 (33.8) |
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Parent’s or guardian’s home | 144 (38.7) | 149 (40.9) |
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Other | 5 (1.3) | 2 (0.5) |
| Relationship status, a n (%) |
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Single | 289 (77.7) | 270 (74.2) |
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Married or has domestic partner | 1 (0.3) | 6 (1.6) |
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Engaged or in committed relationship | 82 (22.0) | 87 (23.9) |
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Separated | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) |
| Primary behavioral outcomes |
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Sexual coercion perpetration, mean (SD)a | 0.53 (1.07) | 0.76 (1.29) |
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Sexual coercion perpetration, dichotomizeda n(%) | 100 (27.4) | 134 (37.0) |
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Prosocial intervening, mean percent (SD) | 72 (25) | 72 (24) |
| Secondary outcomes (mediators), mean (SD) |
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Legal knowledge of assault/rape | 4.54 (1.73) | 4.61 (1.78) |
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Knowledge of effective consent for sex | 11.69 (2.44) | 11.46 (2.49) |
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Self-efficacy to intervene | 88.74 (20.93) | 87.88 (23.60) |
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Intentions to intervene | 52.68 (11.85) | 52.09 (12.78) |
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Outcome expectancies for intervening | 28.72 (4.33) | 28.26 (4.86) |
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Self-comfort with men’s inappropriate behaviors (normative beliefs) | 32.68 (10.82) | 33.55 (10.71) |
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Rape myth acceptance | 35.88 (10.43) | 36.69 (10.29) |
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Outcome expectancies for engaging in rape | 58.71 (10.76) | 58.02 (11.17) |
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Empathy for rape victims | 68.96 (9.66) | 68.78 (9.79) |
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Hostility toward womena | 3.42 (2.43) | 3.89 (2.54) |
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Date rape attitudes | 128.85 (24.07) | 128.45 (25.84) |
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Hyper-gender ideology | 46.59 (11.28) | 46.38 (11.30) |
a Denotes differences in baseline responses between conditions (P<.15).