RT Article
T1 The Effect of Social Anxiety on the Risk of Sexual Victimization via Assertiveness in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
JF Violence against women
VO 28
IS 9
SP 1947
OP 1964
A1 Berg, Samantha K.
A2 Newins, Amie R.
A2 Wilson, Laura C.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1805597264
AB Preliminary evidence suggests social anxiety may increase the risk of sexual victimization via decreased sexual assertiveness. A sample of 2,043 undergraduate students completed an online survey. Analyses of moderated indirect effects examined whether gender or ethnicity moderated the indirect effect of social anxiety on sexual victimization via sexual assertiveness. No moderation effects were found, but the indirect effect of social anxiety on sexual victimization via sexual assertiveness was significant for all five types of sexual victimization. Clinically, the findings suggest that sexual assault risk reduction programs may be improved by including assertive resistance strategies and behavioral rehearsals.
K1 Gender
K1 Ethnicity
K1 sexual assertiveness
K1 Social anxiety
K1 Sexual Victimization
DO 10.1177/10778012211019044