“I Don’t Care if it Would Kill the Mood. I’m Going to Use My Words”: Perceptions and Use of Explicit Verbal Sexual Consent in Neurodiverse Undergraduate Students

Figures & data

Table 1. Examples of consent cue codes.

Umbrella Category	Codes	Example from transcripts
Consent expression the participant sees/uses
	Verbal explicit	“I definitely ask.”
	Verbal indirect	“Say something flirty? And if they don’t seem weirded out, then maybe.”
	Indirect behavioral	“If I was in the situation, body language would probably be a good thing to use.”
	Feelings/vibes/energies	“If you feel that tension, then, obviously, something is up.”
	Initiation of sexual behavior	“Just to see like, you can initiate something maybe like lay off, see how they react, see if they start initiating and take it from there.”
	Reciprocation of sexual behavior	“Now we’re kind of at a point where for like, kiss or something, one will lean in halfway, and then the other one will meet them.”
	Cue expressed to be most important	“You just have to ask … getting that verbal consent is the most important, because you’ll never know unless you ask the person.”

Table 2. Demographics of participants across samples.

Mean(SD) Range	Combined Sample N = 260	Online Longitudinal Sample n = 230	In-person Cross-Sectional Sample n = 30
Age in years	19.38(2.08) 18–35	19.26(2.10) 18–35	20.27(1.68) 18–25
% Diagnosed or Suspect Autism	46.5%	49.1%	26.7%
Gender:
% Men	35.8%	35.7%	36.7%
% Women	51.5%	52.6%	43.3%
% Non-binary/other	12.7%	11.7%	20.0%
Race/Ethnicity:
% Native American	3.8%	4.3%	0%
% Asian	14.6%	14.8%	13.3%
% Black	14.6%	14.3%	16.7%
% White	58.8%	58.7%	60%
% Other	17.3%	17.8%	13.3%
% Hispanic	31.2%	31.7%	13.3%
Sexual Orientation:
% Heterosexual	52.7%	53.5%	46.7%
% Bisexual	24.2%	24.8%	20%
% Gay/Lesbian	5.7%	5.2%	10%
% Pansexual	6.9%	6.5%	10%
% Queer/Other	10.5%	10%	13.4%
Least Educated Parent:
% HS or Less	48.9%	50.5%	36.6%
% Some College	18.5%	18.7%	16.7%
% Associate Degree	4.6%	3.9%	10%
% Bachelor’s Degree	20.4%	18.7%	33.3%
% Graduate Degree	5.7%	6.1%	3.3%
% Other	1.9%	2.2%	0%

Figure 1. (Lack of) perceived behavioral control subscale scores of participants in 2m2x and ACCS.

Figure 2. Indirect behavioral approach subscale scores of participants in 2m2x and ACCS.

Figure 3. Positive attitudes towards consent subscale scores of participants in 2m2x and ACCS.