Sexual assault and sexual re-assault are common problems on college campuses for women, and experiencing an initial assault dramatically increases risk for experiencing sexual re-assault. Low use of sexual refusal assertiveness and assertive resistance strategy intentions has been found to predict initial victimization, yet few studies to date look collectively at the associations of sexual refusal assertiveness and assertive resistance strategy intentions to sexual re-assault. The current study examined both sexual refusal assertiveness and assertive resistance strategy intentions as potential moderators of sexual re-assault among college women. It was hypothesized that the association between sexual assault severity before college and sexual assault severity since college would be stronger among those with low sexual refusal assertiveness compared to those with high sexual refusal assertiveness (Hypothesis 1). it was also hypothesized that the association between sexual assault severity before college and sexual assault severity since college would be stronger among those who endorsed assertive resistance strategy intentions (Hypothesis 2). Participants (N = 623) included college women at a large, public university within the northwestern region of the United States, who completed a web-based survey. Results revealed that the association between sexual assault severity before college and sexual assault severity since college was significant among those with lower levels of sexual refusal assertiveness (t = 91.42, p < 0 .001). Results also revealed that the association between sexual assault severity before college and sexual assault severity since college was stronger among those who endorsed non-assertive resistance strategy intentions to a potential sexual assault scenario (t = 25.09, p < 0.001). These findings provide insight into risk for sexual re-assault, wherein risk reduction programmatic efforts may be targeted towards women entering college with a sexual assault history to increase their use of sexual refusal assertiveness and assertive resistance strategy intentions.

性侵犯和再次性侵犯是女性大学校园中的常见问题，经历初次性侵犯会大大增加再次遭受性侵犯的风险。已经发现性拒绝自信和自信抵抗策略意图的低使用率可以预测最初的受害，但迄今为止很少有研究共同研究性拒绝自信和自信抵抗策略意图与性再攻击的关联。目前的研究检查了性拒绝的自信和自信的抵抗策略意图作为大学女性再次性侵犯的潜在调节因素。假设性拒绝自信度低的人与性拒绝自信度高的人相比，大学前性侵犯严重程度与大学后性侵犯严重程度之间的关联会更强（假设 1）。还假设在那些支持自信抵抗策略意图的人中，大学前的性侵犯严重程度与大学后的性侵犯严重程度之间的关联会更强（假设 2）。参与者 (N = 623) 包括美国西北部地区一所大型公立大学的女大学生，她们完成了一项基于网络的调查。结果显示，在性拒绝自信程度较低的人群中，大学前性侵犯严重程度与大学后性侵犯严重程度之间的关联显着（t = 91.42，p < 0.001）。结果还显示，大学前性侵犯严重程度与大学后性侵犯严重程度之间的关联在那些认可针对潜在性侵犯情景的非自信抵抗策略意图的人中更强（t = 25.09，p <0.001）。这些发现提供了对性再攻击风险的洞察，其中降低风险的计划工作可能针对进入大学有性侵犯历史的女性，以增加她们对性拒绝自信和自信抵抗策略意图的使用。结果还显示，大学前性侵犯严重程度与大学后性侵犯严重程度之间的关联在那些认可针对潜在性侵犯情景的非自信抵抗策略意图的人中更强（t = 25.09，p <0.001）。这些发现提供了对性再攻击风险的洞察，其中降低风险的计划工作可能针对进入大学有性侵犯历史的女性，以增加她们对性拒绝自信和自信抵抗策略意图的使用。结果还显示，大学前性侵犯严重程度与大学后性侵犯严重程度之间的关联在那些认可针对潜在性侵犯情景的非自信抵抗策略意图的人中更强（t = 25.09，p <0.001）。这些发现提供了对性再攻击风险的洞察，其中降低风险的计划工作可能针对进入大学有性侵犯历史的女性，以增加她们对性拒绝自信和自信抵抗策略意图的使用。