Peer modeling and college men's sexually impositional behavior in the laboratory |
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| Authors: | Damon Mitchell D J Angelone Richard Hirschman Roy S Lilly Gordon C Nagayama Hall |
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| Institution: | 1. Kent State University ,;2. 1683 Gilbert Street, Norfolk, VA, 23511 E-mail: damon.mitchell@eudoramail.com.;3. Kent State University ,;4. University of Oregon , |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of peer modeling on sexually impositional behavior in the laboratory. Male participants with and without a self‐reported history of sexually aggressive behavior viewed video clips depicting nonaggressive and sexually aggressive behavior and then chose one of the clips to show to a female confederate. Half of the participants were first exposed to a male confederate who showed the sexually aggressive video clip to a female confederate. The other half of the participants were exposed to a male confederate who showed a nonaggressive video clip to a female confederate. Exposure to a male confederate who showed a sexually aggressive video clip to a female was associated with participants' choosing to engage in this same behavior. A self‐reported history of sexually aggressive behavior was also associated with participants' showing the sexually aggressive video clip in spite of believing the effect on the female viewer would be negative. |
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