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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Women Q. 1996 Mar;20(1):123–145. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1996.tb00668.x

Table 2.

Mean differences in victim’s versus non-victims’ risk perception, resistance strategies, psychological barriers, and risk factors

Dependent Measures Victims (SD)
(n = 30)		 Non-victims
(SD)
(n = 34)		 t
Likelihood of future victimi-
 zation		 2.91 (1.53) 1.65 (.74) 4.11’**
Resistance strategy

 Indirect resistance		 2.15 (.53) 1.79 (.64) 2.44**
 Verbal assertiveness 1.57 (.85) 2.33 (1.14) 3.00***
 Physical resistance .74 (.70) 1.31 (1.17) 2.31**
Psychological barriers
 Embarrassment 2.54 (.89) 1.82 (.76) 3.51***
Fear of rejection 2.15 (.80) 1.75 (.71) 2.11*
 Alcohol effects 2.47 (1.04) 1.68 (.79) 3.44***
Computed peak blood alcohol
 level		 .10 (.06) .07 (.07) 1.94*
Number of recent sex partners 1.30 (1.26) .70 (1.18) 1.95*
*

p = .05.

**

p = .01.

***

p = .001.