Sexual Self-Perceptions of Young Women Experiencing Abuse in Dating Relationships

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The Sexual Self-Perceptions of Young Women Experiencing Abuse in Dating Relationships

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Table I. Items and Factor Loadings for Sexual Self-Perception Scale
Factor loading
Item	I	II	III
4. I think sex is a good way to resolve a fight.	.45
5. I have sex without a condom if my partner doesn't like them, even if I want to use one.	.61
6. I think creating sexual desire in someone is one of the best ways to keep that person.	.70
9. I may initiate sex because I enjoy it.		.67
11. I avoid talking about sex with my partner.		-.64
13. Talking about sex with my partner is fun.		.68
23. I let my partner know if I want him to touch me sexually.		.69
26. I put my mouth on my partner's genitals if he wants me to, even if I don't want to.	.63
27. I may initiate sex just to get it over with.	.57
28. If I say no, I won't let me partner touch me, even if he pressures me.	-.53
30. I have sex with my partner when he wants me to even if I don't want to.	.74
From Hendrick et al. (1985)
1. Sometimes I am ashamed of my sexuality.	.65
3. I could live quite well without sex.		-.60
7. I think sex is mostly a game between males and females.	.61
8. I believe it is possible to enjoy sex with a person and not like that person very much.	.48
10. I feel it is all right to pressure someone into having sex.	.48
12. I feel sex gets better as a relationship progresses.		.50
14. I feel a sexual encounter between two people deeply in love is the ultimate human interaction.			.64
16. I feel, at its best, sex seems to be the merging of two souls.			.54
19. I think sex is primarily the taking of pleasure from another person.			.52
22. I believe sex is fundamentally good.		.64
24. I think good sex gives one a feeling of power.			.67
25. I think sex has nothing to do with power.			-.49
From Snell et al. (1991)
15. I am in control of the sexual aspects of my life.	-.72
21. I'm the type of person who insists on having my sexual needs met.		.45
29. I consider myself a very sexual person.		.74

Table II. Means and Standard Deviations for Negative and Positive Sexual Self-Perceptions over Time and Depressive Affect and Self-Esteem
	Physical/psychological abuse				Sexual coercion
	Absent		Present		Absent		Present
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Negative Perceptions
Time 1	-1.50 (a)	.45	-.99 (b)	.91	-1.50 (a)	.41	-1.59 (b)	1.09
Time 2	-1.56 (a)	.41	-1.15 (b)	.78	-1.50 (a)	.49	-1.11 (c)	.80
Time 3	-1.54 (a)	.39	-1.15 (b)	.77	-1.47 (a)	.49	-.97 (b,c)	.72
Positive Perceptions
Time 1	1.06	.61	.90	.65	.96	.63	1.18	.59
Time 2	.94	.62	.84	.64	.90	.65	.95	.47
Time 3	1.08	.52	.86	.62	1.00	.59	1.05	.41
Depressive affect	4.32	3.54	7.53	6.02	3.97	2.55	7.39	6.62
Self-esteem	2.64	.58	2.15	.66	2.55	.62	2.22	.68

Note. Means are adjusted for length of time in relationship. Means that do not share superscripts differ at p < .05.

Table III. Regression Analysis to Assess Relations Between Negative Sexual Self-Perceptions and Abuse After Controlling for Length of Time in Relationship and General Negative Affect
	Pearson r	B	[R.sub.change.sup.2]
Step 1			.029
Length of time	-.17	-.16*
Step 2			.279***
Self-esteem	-.35***	-.02
Depressive symptoms	.53***	.37***
Step 3			.139***
Physical/psychological	.35***	.24**
Sexual coercion	.42***	.31***

Note. Although the proportion of variance explained is the contribution made at each step of the hierarchical regression, the standardized regression coefficients represent final step weights. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

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