Although the use of sexual violence has been widely researched, data on sexual offending tend to be limited. Since adverse childhood experiences have been found to be correlated with being a victim of sexually coercive behavior, more research is needed to understand the impact of adverse childhood experiences on the perpetration of sexually coercive behaviors. Yet, there is little published research explaining such risk factors for sexually coercive behaviors and even less transnationally. This study seeks to expand the current literature by exploring the impact of violence and dominance-based beliefs on sexually coercive behaviors. Using data from the International Dating Violence Survey, the results from multilevel modeling regression analysis indicate that beliefs in relational dominance moderate the relationship between violent childhood experiences and sexually coercive behaviors. More importantly, despite theoretical premises that men engage in more sexually coercive behaviors, the results found that sexually coercive behaviors are more prevalent among those who hold dominance-based belief systems over intimate partners regardless of gender. Implications of these findings are discussed.

尽管对性暴力的使用已得到广泛研究，但有关性犯罪的数据往往有限。由于已经发现儿童期不良经历与性强迫行为的受害者有关，因此需要更多的研究来了解儿童期不良经历对性强迫行为的影响。然而，很少有发表的研究解释这种强迫性行为的危险因素，甚至没有跨国性。本研究旨在通过探索暴力和基于支配地位的信仰对性胁迫行为的影响来扩展当前的文献。利用来自国际约会暴力调查的数据，多层次建模回归分析的结果表明，对关系支配的信念缓和了童年暴力经历与性强迫行为之间的关系。更重要的是，尽管在理论上假设男人会从事更多的性胁迫行为，但结果发现，在那些以优势为基础的信仰体系中，不论亲身伴侣，与男性相比，性胁迫行为更为普遍。讨论了这些发现的含义。