Associations Between Motives for Casual Sex, Depression, Self-Esteem, and Sexual Victimization

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1189-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Marshall Townsend ◽  
Peter K. Jonason ◽  
Timothy H. Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Casual Sex

Risky Casual Sex and Posttraumatic Stress in College Females: An Examination of Assault History, Self-Esteem, and Social Support

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122199879
Author(s):  
Seigie Kennedy ◽  
Christina Balderrama-Durbin
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
College Culture ◽  
The Impact

Casual sex, although common in college culture, can increase the risk of sexual victimization, which in turn can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined sexual victimization, self-esteem, and social support as relative predictors of PTSD and risky casual sex (RCS) in a sample of 229 female undergraduates. Results suggested that enhancing self-esteem may have a greater relative impact on PTSD symptoms compared with social support, even after accounting for the impact of sexual victimization. Moreover, a reduction in PTSD symptoms may have the potential to minimize RCS. Future research is needed to determine temporal relations among these variables.

Sexual Victimization: Is There a Vicious Cycle?1

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina A. Mandoki ◽  
Barry R. Burkhart
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Situational Variables ◽  
Child Victimization ◽  
The Relationship

A review of the literature on sexual abuse suggests that many women are repeatedly victimized. To examine the relationship between child and adult sexual victimization, 282 female undergraduates completed questionnaires describing child and adult incidents of sexual abuse. Personality measures (e.g., assertiveness, dependency, self-esteem, and attributional style) and situational variables (family background, and dating and sexual history) were measured to assess their relationship to victimization. Child victimization did not directly predict adult victimization; however, the number of both child and adult victimizations was related to the number of adult consensual sexual partners. A pattern of repeated adult victimization was identified for a group of victims of adult sexual abuse; however, such multiple victimization was not associated with any of the predicted personality variables. Further investigation of women who have been victimized as children and as adults and of adults who present with repeated victimization was identified as a necessary area for further research.

Is childhood sexual victimization associated with cognitive distortions, self-esteem, and emotional congruence with children?

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-273
Author(s):  
Carolyn Blank ◽  
Kevin L. Nunes ◽  
Sacha Maimone ◽  
Chantal A. Hermann ◽  
Ian V. McPhail
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Cognitive Distortions ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Childhood Sexual Victimization

scholarly journals CASUAL SEX: SELF-ESTEEM AND SEXUAL FEELINGS IN UNIVERSITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Andresa Pinho Soster ◽  
Elisa Kern de Castro
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Sexual Feelings

Lay beliefs about gender and sexual behavior: First evidence for a pervasive, robust (but seemingly unfounded) stereotype

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaimie Krems ◽  
Ahra Ko ◽  
Jordan W Moon ◽  
Michael E. W. Varnum
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Mating Strategy ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Lay Beliefs ◽  
Television Film

Although casual sex is increasingly socially acceptable, negative stereotypes toward women pursuing casual sex appear to remain pervasive. Specifically, a common trope in media (e.g., television, film) is that such women have low self-esteem. Despite robust work on prejudice against women who engage in casual sex, little empirical work investigates the lay theories individuals hold about such women. Across six experiments with US participants (N = 1,469), we find that both men and women stereotype women (but not men) who have casual sex as having low self-esteem. This stereotype is held explicitly and semi-implicitly, not driven by individual differences in religiosity, conservatism, or sexism, is mediated by inferences that women having casual sex are unsatisfied with their mating strategy, yet persists when these women are explicitly described as choosing to have casual sex. Finally, it appears unfounded; across experiments, these same participants’ sexual behavior is uncorrelated with their own self-esteem.

A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of Victimization History and Sexual Attitudes on Women’s Hypothetical Sexual Assault Scripts

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari A. Leiting ◽  
Elizabeth A. Yeater
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Victimization History

This study examined qualitatively the effects of a sexual victimization history and sexual attitudes on 247 undergraduate women’s written accounts of a hypothetical sexual assault. More severe victimization history was associated with script characteristics of greater alcohol use, knowing the man longer, and the context of a party. Greater endorsement of positive attitudes toward casual sex was related to script characteristics of greater alcohol use, acquiescing to the man, and not knowing the man as long. Finally, a more recent sexual assault was associated with script characteristics of having just met the man, the context of a party or date, and acquiescing to the man.

scholarly journals The Impact of Adolescent Internet Addiction on Sexual Online Victimization: The Mediating Effects of Sexting and Body Self-Esteem

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4226
Author(s):  
Alicia Tamarit ◽  
Konstanze Schoeps ◽  
Montserrat Peris-Hernández ◽  
Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Online Victimization ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Body Self ◽  
The Relationship

Adolescents’ problematic use of the internet and the risk of sexual online victimization are an increasing concern among families, researchers, professionals and society. This study aimed to analyze the interplay between adolescents’ addiction to social networks and internet, body self-esteem and sexual–erotic risk behavior online: sexting, sextortion and grooming. While sexting refers to the voluntary engagement in texting sexual–erotic messages, sextortion and grooming are means of sexual–erotic victimization through the use of the internet. Participants were 1763 adolescents (51% girls), aged 12 to 16 years (M = 14.56; SD = 1.16), from public (n = 1068; 60.60%) and private (n = 695; 39.40%) high schools in the Basque Country (Spain). We carried out structural equation modeling (SEM) using Mplus to assess the mediating effects of body self-esteem in the relationship between addiction to social media and internet and sexual–erotic risk behavior. The results showed that internet addiction predicts online sexual victimization; specifically, the best predictors of sexting, sextortion and grooming victimization were symptoms of internet addiction and geek behavior. Body self-esteem and sexting mediated the relationship between internet addiction and sexual online victimization in adolescents. These results highlight the importance of attending to adolescents’ mental health regarding their online behavior, considering the risk and protective factors involved, due to its close association with online sexual victimization.

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