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The purpose of the current study is to examine the association between low self-control and sexual coercion in college men and women, with the inclusion of two factors shown to be important in predicting sexually coercive behaviors: rape myth acceptance and hypersexuality. The results of this study mirror what has been found in previous research. Namely, low self-control had an indirect effect on sexually coercive behavior through rape myth acceptance and hypersexuality, and that direct effects for low self-control are fully mediated once these other variables are added to the model. This indicates that while low self-control does play a role in sexually coercive behaviors, it is not the only factor that must be considered. This is especially true for hypersexuality, which has been a treatment target for practitioners working with individuals who have sexually offended. 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