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Sexual Consent at First-Time Intercourse: Retrospective Reports from University Students in Canada and the United States

Malachi Willisa School of Human Sciences and Centre for Inequalities in the Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3173-3990

Tiffany L. Marcantoniob Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

Kristen N. Jozkowskic Department of Applied Health Sciences, Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN, USA

Terry Humphreysd Psychology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1390-1751

Zoë D. Petersone Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University School of Education, Bloomington, IN, USA

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2975-1062

Abstract

Objectives

We investigated whether the context of first-time intercourse (FTI) was associated with internal consent feelings and external consent communication at FTI.

Method

College students (n = 1020) from universities in Canada and the United States retrospectively reported on their FTI.

Results

Using structural equation modeling, we found that the context of participants’ FTI (e.g. age, contraceptive use) predicted their internal consent, which in turn predicted their external consent communication.

Conclusions

Sexual health education should highlight these contextual correlates of sexual consent at FTI. Despite the cultural primacy of FTI, consent should also be prioritized for other early sexual experiences.

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Sexual Consent at First-Time Intercourse: Retrospective Reports from University Students in Canada and the United States

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