ABSTRACT

Affirmative Consent (AC) policies have become a popular way for universities across the US to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. This study utilizes a sample of over 1400 university students to address student self-identified understanding of AC, perceptions of AC policy effectiveness at decreasing sexual assaults on campus, and self-reported behavior change. Results show that about 80% of the sample reported understanding AC, a slight majority of the sample (53%) believed AC policies were effective, and only 20.5% of respondents reported changing their own behavior as a result of AC policies. Exposure to AC through professors or administrators increased AC understanding and perceptions of effectiveness. Knowing others who changed their own behavior was significantly related to understanding of AC, perceived effectiveness of AC, and personal self-reported behavior change. Additionally, issue salience as measured through self-reported concern about sexual assault on campus and self-reported fear of sexual assault on campus was related to perceived effectiveness and self-reported behavior change. Multivariate analyses explored these issues further and raise questions of the ability of these policies alone to combat sexual assault on campus.

摘要

肯定同意 (AC) 政策已成为美国各大学解决校园性侵犯问题的流行方式。本研究利用 1400 多名大学生的样本来解决学生对 AC 的自我认同理解、对 AC 政策在减少校园性侵犯方面的有效性的看法，以及自我报告的行为变化。结果显示，大约 80% 的样本表示了解 AC，少数样本 (53%) 认为 AC 政策是有效的，只有 20.5% 的受访者表示由于 AC 政策而改变了自己的行为。通过教授或管理人员接触 AC 增加了对 AC 的理解和对有效性的认识。了解改变自己行为的其他人与对 AC 的理解、AC 的感知有效性、和个人自我报告的行为变化。此外，通过自我报告的对校园性侵犯的担忧和自我报告的对校园性侵犯的恐惧来衡量的问题显着性与感知的有效性和自我报告的行为变化有关。多变量分析进一步探讨了这些问题，并提出了这些政策单独打击校园性侵犯的能力的问题。