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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Sexual Consent Perceptions of a Fictional Vignette: A Latent Growth Curve Model
Contributor:
Willis, Malachi;
Jozkowski, Kristen N.
Published:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022
Published in:
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51 (2022) 2, Seite 797-809
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/s10508-021-02048-y
ISSN:
0004-0002;
1573-2800
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractSexual consent can be conceptualized as a process of accumulating cues that build toward and continue throughout a consensual sexual encounter. How people perceive the cues of others during this process is an important aspect of consent. However, previous research has not investigated the trajectories of people’s consent perceptions throughout such a process. Using a novel staggered vignette protocol, we examined participants’ (N = 1218; 64.4% female) perceptions of fictional targets’ sexual consent at 11 time points. We tested latent growth curve models using multilevel structural equation modeling to examine trajectories in consent perceptions over the course of the vignette. We hypothesized that mean differences and rates of change would be associated with several constructs relevant to sexual consent. We found that initial consent perceptions and trends over the course of the vignette varied by whether the participant was a university student, by an alcohol manipulation in the vignette, by the fictional target’s sex, and by type of sexual behavior. Researchers should examine whether our findings on consent perceptions of a fictional vignette extend to people’s actual sexual encounters, including potential associations between the three primary aspects of sexual consent: perceptions, feelings, and communication.