Women’s Response Effectiveness in Risky Situations: Associations with Sexual Victimization History and Sociosexuality

Freshman women (n=481) selected responses to hypothetical social situations. Structural equation modeling revealed that higher sociosexuality and more severe sexual victimization history were associated negatively with women’s ability to select victimization risk-reducing responses. When both predictors were included in the model, only sociosexuality was associated significantly with women’s response selection.