Date and acquaintance rape among a sample of college students

Soc Work. 1992 Nov;37(6):504-9.

Abstract

This article reports on a date and acquaintance rape needs-assessment survey of 106 male and 113 female students in undergraduate English courses at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. The sample was ethnically mixed, with Japanese being the largest ethnic group represented. Unduplicated counts showed that 28 percent (n = 32) of the women acknowledged that they were victims of rape or attempted rape, and the majority reported multiple victimizations. One-sixth (n = 18) of the men admitted to committing acts that meet the legal definition of sexual assault in Hawaii, and about one-third (29.2 percent, n = 31) admitted that they continue to make sexual advances even after a woman says no. Implications for date and acquaintance rape prevention programs are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Courtship
  • Ethnicity
  • Female
  • Hawaii / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Rape / psychology
  • Rape / statistics & numerical data*
  • Students / psychology
  • Students / statistics & numerical data*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Universities