Sexual coercion perpetration and victimisation in females: The influence of borderline and histrionic personality traits, rejection sensitivity, and love styles

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Table 1. Descriptive statistics and correlations between personality traits (Borderline and Histrionic), love styles (Eros, Ludus, Storge, Pragma, Mania, and Agape), rejection sensitivity, and sexual coercion (nonverbal sexual arousal, emotional manipulation and deception, and exploitation of the intoxicated).

	BP	HP	ERO	LUD	STO	PRA	MAN	AGA	REJ	NVP	EMP	EXP	NVV	EMV	EXV
BP
HP	.37**
ERO	.01	.05
LUD	−.15	−.19*	−.25**
STO	−.00	−.02	.25**	−.15
PRA	−.12	−.00	.07	.10	.01
MAN	−.47**	−.35**	.04	.20*	.02	.19*
AGA	−.39**	−.28**	.21*	.01	.03	.07	.37**
REJ	.21**	.06	−.13	−.08	−.08	.01	−.18*	−.23**
NVP	.14	.14	−.07	−.09	−.03	−.12	−.20*	−.04	.15
EMP	.26**	.09	−.07	.00	.04	−.01	−.19*	−.12	.24**	.34**
EXP	.01	.08	.04	−.26**	.02	.05	.02	.08	.05	.10	.11
NVV	.32**	.26**	.11	−.21	.05	−.19*	−.28**	−.04	.13	.48**	.25**	.11
EMV	.30**	.09	.07	−.21	.05	.01	−.11	−.19*	.08	.00	.31**	.17*	.39**
EXV	.16*	.01	.06	−.11	−10	.05	−.10	−.08	.14	.00	.12	.17*	.30**	.51**
M	3.19	2.57	6.15	11.81	9.40	9.94	10.70	7.15	16.37	.85	.36	.05	1.60	1.72	.58
SD	2.12	1.81	2.63	2.79	4.00	3.29	3.22	2.71	5.73	1.11	1.09	.24	1.17	1.68	.80

BP = Borderline Personality, HP = Histrionic Personality, ERO = Eros, LUD = Ludus, STO = Storge, PRA = Pragma, MAN = Mania, AGA = Agape, REJ = Rejection Sensitivity, NVP = Nonverbal Sexual Arousal Perpetration, EMP = Emotional Manipulation and Deception Perpetration, EXP = Exploitation of the Intoxicated Perpetration, NVV = Nonverbal Sexual Arousal Victimisation, EMV = Emotional Manipulation and Deception Victimisation, EXV = Exploitation of the Intoxicated Victimisation

*p < .05, **p < .01.

Table 2. Predictors of sexual coercion perpetration and victimisation.

	Perpetration			Victimisation
	Nonverbal sexual arousal	Emotional manipulation and deception	Experience of exploitation when intoxicated	Nonverbal sexual arousal	Emotional manipulation and deception	Experience of exploitation when intoxicated
	B	B	B	B	B	B
Borderline personality	.04	.21*	.01	.22*	.28***	.14
Histrionic personality	.10	.00	.07	.16	−.06	−.10
Rejection sensitivity	.12	.20*	.05	.09	.00	.09
Love styles
Eros	−.08	−.06	−.05	.06	.04	.80
Ludus	−.05	.06	−.27	−.09	−.18*	−.10
Storge	.00	.08	−.01	.03	.01	−.13
Pragma	−.08	.03	.06	−.14	.05	.08
Mania	−.14	−.09	.06	−.12	.07	−.03
Agape	.11	.05	.10	.15	−.13	−.04
R^2	.08	.12	.09	.20	.14	.07
F	1.36	2.17*	1.49	3.99***	2.52**	1.25