Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Longitudinally Predict College Students’ Communication of Affirmative Sexual Consent

Lori Bednarchik; Mark Generous; Paul Mongeau

doi:10.1080/10570314.2023.2251007

Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Longitudinally Predict College Students’ Communication of Affirmative Sexual Consent

Lori Bednarchik, Mark Generous, Paul Mongeau

Human Communication, Hugh Downs School of

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This study longitudinally explored antecedents to college students’ affirmative sexual consent behaviors. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), hypotheses predicted that time one (T1) attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioral control (PBC) would predict students’ T1 intentions to communicate affirmative consent to their partner. Also, this study predicted that at time two, intentions to communicate consent from T1 would predict college students’ communication of affirmative consent to their partner during their most recent sexual encounter. Results support hypotheses for all affirmative consent behaviors, and demonstrate that subjective norms and PBC are strong determinants of students’ affirmative sexual consent.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1068-1087
Number of pages	20
Journal	Western Journal of Communication
Volume	88
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2023.2251007
State	Published - 2024

Keywords

Longitudinal Design
Sexual Communication
Sexual Consent
Theory of Planned Behavior

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Communication
Language and Linguistics

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