Unwanted Sexual Experiences among Christian College Women: Saying no on the Inside

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Neal ◽  
Michael W. Mangis
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
College Women ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Date Rape ◽  
Christian College ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Experiences ◽  
Sexual Involvement

Of 332 female college students who responded to a survey, 51% indicated that they had experienced an unwanted sexual incident. Twenty percent of the incidents occurred in childhood and 72% in adolescence or young adulthood. The stories fell into several categories: 15% were rated as sexual assault by a stranger, 11% as date rape, 13% as incest, and 55% as “lost voice.” Extent of the sexual involvement ranged from mild (7%), to kissing (14%), petting (45%), and intercourse (20%). The majority of situations involved a boyfriend, friend, or family member. Subjects also assessed their parents’ attitudes on gender roles. Those subjects who reported unwanted sexual experiences rated their fathers’ and mothers’ views of women as significantly more traditional than subjects who had not reported such experiences. These data suggest that parents’ attitudes about gender roles may be related to vulnerability and lead to unwanted sexual experiences.

Effect of Exposure to Photographs of Thin Models on Self-Consciousness in Female College Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1149-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandy S. Wegner ◽  
Anita M. Hartmann ◽  
C. R. Geist
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
College Women ◽  
Print Media ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Body Self

The purpose of this study was to assess the immediate influence of brief exposure to images taken from print media on the general self-consciousness and body self-consciousness of 67 college women. After viewing photographs of either thin female models or control photographs, the women completed the Self-consciousness Scale and the Body Self-consciousness Questionnaire. Although a was .45, the college women who looked at images of thin female models gave immediate ratings significantly ( p < .001) higher on both general Self-consciousness and Body Self-consciousness than those who looked at control images.

GPA and Height are Related to Self-Acceptance Scores of Female College Students

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth M. Rienzi ◽  
David J. Scrams ◽  
Patty Uhles
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
College Women ◽  
College Men ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Acceptance Scale ◽  
Self Acceptance

Self-acceptance as measured on the Berger Self-acceptance Scale was positively related to GPA and negatively related to height for 36 college women. For 17 college men, height and GPA were not related to self-acceptance.

ATTITUDE, DESIRE, AND FREQUENCY OF EXTRAMARITAL INVOLVEMENT AS CORRELATED WITH SUBJECT CHARACTERISTICS

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Andrus ◽  
David Redfering ◽  
Jerry Oglesby
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
College Major ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Sexual Involvement ◽  
The Social

A study of desire for, frequency of, and attitudes towards extramarital involvement (EMI) was conducted, using 100 male and female college students ranging in age from 19 to 55. Demographic data gathered on subjects included age, sex, occupation, college major, current and past marital status and number of children, frequency of extramarital sexual involvement, and level of desire for extramarital sexual involvement. The subjects were administered a social desirability scale, a measure of conventional morality, and extramarital attitudinal scale. There were significant correlations between desire, frequency, and attitude. The response to “number of times married” had a significant effect on EMI desire. Predictive factors other than desire, frequency, and attitude were number of marriages, sex of the respondent, and the social desirability scale.

Attitudes toward Masturbation

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 932-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Durham ◽  
William F. Grossnickle
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
College Women ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

105 male and 123 female college students were shown photographs of college women varying in attractiveness. Subjects were asked to identify the photograph they considered most attractive, the one they felt was of the woman most likely to be a virgin, and the one they felt was of the woman most likely to masturbate. All subjects selected as most attractive one of the photographs rated as high in attractiveness in prior research. When asked to select the picture of the individual most likely to be a virgin, subjects significantly more frequently selected a less attractive individual. This finding was also true when subjects selected the picture of the individual they believed most likely to masturbate. By the “beauty as good” model, these findings suggest that masturbation and virginity are viewed as negative sexual concepts by college students.

Relation of Sexual Behaviors, Values, and Conflict to Avowed Happiness and Personal Adjustment

1968 ◽  
Vol 23 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1075-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Miller ◽  
Warner Wilson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Questionnaire Study ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Female College ◽  
Personal Adjustment

A questionnaire study of 68 male and 64 female college students inquired about sexual behaviors (a) experienced, (b) deemed acceptable on a date, (c) deemed acceptable if experienced previously by a fiance(e), (d) revealed to peers, and (e) revealed to parents. High scores on these measures were viewed as indicative of liberality and differences among them as indicative of conflict. These measures of sexual liberality and conflict did not correlate with measures of adjustment, avowed happiness, or religiousness. Tables indicate the per cent of Ss endorsing each item under each set. Ss reported far more sexual experiences than they had ever revealed to a peer or a parent.

Parental Bonding and Religiosity in Young Adulthood

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1171-1174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Gnaulati ◽  
Barbara J. Heine
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Maternal Care ◽  
Parental Bonding ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Object Representations ◽  
Maternal Bonding ◽  
Parental Bonding Instrument ◽  
Female College ◽  
Written Descriptions

85 male and 122 female college students completed the Parental Bonding Instrument, provided written descriptions of both parents, and rated themselves on two religiosity questions. The descriptions were assessed for level of acceptance of parental imperfections using the scoring criteria from the De-illusionment subscale of the Thematic Patterning Scale of Object Representations. Participants scoring low in maternal De-illusionment as well as high in maternal Care and Overprotection tended to perceive God as an omnipotent protector and provider. There were no significant effects for any of the paternal bonding variables. Results suggest that religiosity in young adulthood may arise out of variations in maternal bonding.

Date rape among Cypriot female college students: an explorative study

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Christiana Kouta ◽  
Eleni L. Tolma ◽  
Susana Elisa Pavlou
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Date Rape ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Explorative Study
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