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Malachi Willis1, Tiffany L Marcantonio2, Kristen N Jozkowski3
1School of Human Sciences and Centre for Inequalities in the Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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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