Table 1.
Means, Standard Deviations, and Main Effects of Relationship Type and Sexual Precedence From Analyses of Variance.
| Relationship type |
Sexual Precedence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casual (n = 76) |
Committed (n = 128) |
SP (n = 139) |
No SP (n = 65) |
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| Variable | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | F | p | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | F | p |
| Perpetrators' characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Psychopathy-related traits | 2.20 | (0.42) | 2.15 | (0.45) | 0.96 | .33 | 2.19 | (0.47) | 2.13 | (0.38) | 1.30 | .26 |
| Impulsivity | 3.04 | (0.57) | 3.04 | (0.66) | 0.42 | .52 | 3.10 | (0.65) | 2.90 | (0.56) | 5.01 | .03 |
| Sexual dominance | 2.10 | (0.62) | 1.92 | (0.64) | 5.02 | .03 | 2.04 | (0.63) | 1.89 | (0.64) | 4.84 | .03 |
| Attitudes about casual sex | 3.21 | (0.72) | 2.99 | (0.93) | 6.37 | .01 | 3.14 | (0.87) | 2.91 | (0.83) | 5.22 | .02 |
| No. of one-time sex partners | 5.49 | (6.54) | 3.41 | (4.82) | 8.97 | .003 | 4.57 | (5.67) | 3.37 | (5.39) | 4.76 | .03 |
| Frequency of heavy drinking | 3.29 | (2.44) | 2.39 | (2.14) | 6.43 | .01 | 2.81 | (2.35) | 2.55 | (2.17) | 2.65 | .11 |
| Total no. of sex aggressive acts | 4.74 | (3.69) | 5.70 | (4.70) | 0.02 | .88 | 6.04 | (4.67) | 3.85 | (3.20) | 8.90 | .003 |
| Sexual assault incidents' characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Planned to be together | 2.59 | (1.52) | 3.93 | (1.32) | 33.96 | <.001 | 3.63 | (1.44) | 3.02 | (1.66) | 1.57 | .21 |
| Expectation of having sex | 2.34 | (1.33) | 3.00 | (1.47) | 3.43 | .07 | 3.12 | (1.46) | 1.98 | (1.10) | 23.30 | <.001 |
| Length of misperception | 1.61 | (1.44) | 1.07 | (1.36) | 4.63 | .03 | 1.22 | (1.40) | 1.37 | (1.44) | 0.01 | .94 |
| Isolation tactic | 2.51 | (1.42) | 1.99 | (1.35) | 3.11 | .08 | 2.10 | (1.39) | 2.37 | (1.41) | 0.25 | .62 |
| No. of drinks he consumed | 4.95 | (5.95) | 2.33 | (4.78) | 13.66 | <.001 | 3.27 | (5.21) | 3.38 | (5.78) | 0.44 | .51 |
| No. of drinks she consumed | 4.25 | (4.65) | 1.95 | (4.21) | 15.76 | <.001 | 2.85 | (4.55) | 2.72 | (4.45) | 1.13 | .29 |
| Post-assault explanations | ||||||||||||
| She led him on | 2.88 | (1.40) | 2.27 | (1.25) | 9.55 | .002 | 2.45 | (1.33) | 2.60 | (1.37) | 0.002 | .96 |
| She owed him | 1.37 | (0.88) | 1.34 | (0.67) | 0.21 | .65 | 1.41 | (0.79) | 1.23 | (0.66) | 3.07 | .08 |
| She was responsible | 2.75 | (1.12) | 2.33 | (1.00) | 4.66 | .03 | 2.44 | (1.04) | 2.58 | (1.12) | 0.01 | .93 |
| He was responsible | 3.08 | (1.04) | 3.19 | (1.07) | 0.70 | .40 | 3.06 | (1.04) | 3.35 | (1.07) | 5.03 | .03 |
| Future contact | 2.75 | (1.23) | 4.45 | (0.84) | 116.12 | <.001 | 4.05 | (1.11) | 3.31 | (1.51) | 4.48 | .04 |
Note. SP = sexual precedence.