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This version was published on November 1, 2007
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 11, 1467-1480 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167207306281
© 2007 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Why Do Some Men Misperceive Women's Sexual Intentions More Frequently Than Others Do? An Application of the Confluence Model

Angela J. Jacques-Tiura

Wayne State University, ajacques{at}wayne.edu

Antonia Abbey

Wayne State University

Michele R. Parkhill

Wayne State University

Tina Zawacki

University of Texas at San Antonio

Although many researchers have documented men's tendency to misperceive women's friendliness as a sign of sexual interest, few have examined individual differences in men's attitudes and past experiences that might predict their likelihood of making these types of misjudgments. We applied an expanded version of Malamuth, Sockloskie, Koss, and Tanaka's (1991) Confluence model to predict frequency of misperception of women's sexual intent with a sample of 356 male college students. Using structural equation modeling, hostile masculinity, impersonal sex, and drinking in dating and sexual situations predicted men's frequency of misperception. Furthermore, the more risk factors men possessed, the more times they misperceived women's sexual intentions. Suggestions are made for theory development and future research incorporating situational as well as personality measures in longitudinal studies.

Key Words: sexual perception • misperception of sexual intent • sexual assault • Confluence model • alcohol


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