000170426 001__ 170426 000170426 005__ 20260420103355.0 000170426 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/ijerph23040480 000170426 0248_ $$2sideral$$a148862 000170426 037__ $$aART-2026-148862 000170426 041__ $$aeng 000170426 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-3651-2879$$aGarcía Uceda, Esperanza$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170426 245__ $$aAttitudes Toward Sexual and Digital Consent and Institutional Distrust as Determinants of Gender-Based Violence Prevention: Evidence from an Urban Adult Population 000170426 260__ $$c2026 000170426 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000170426 5203_ $$aGender-based and sexual violence are major public health concerns, and norms about consent are central to their prevention. This study examines how attitudes toward sexual consent relate to digital sexual consent and to the occasional feeling of distrust in public consent campaigns and institutions. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey embedded in the evaluation of a municipal consent campaign in Zaragoza (Spain). Adults (N = 404; 56.7% women) completed a 14-item short version of the Sexual Consent Scale–Revised, two items on digital sexual consent, and three items on institutional reluctance (perceived “sermonizing” tone, distrust in effectiveness, and lack of personal identification with the message). Correlation and multiple regression models with robust standard errors were estimated, controlling for gender, age, education, income, relationship status, and social media use. Attitudes toward sexual consent were strongly and positively associated with digital sexual consent. Gender was the most consistent sociodemographic correlate: men showed less egalitarian attitudes than women across all consent measurements. Institutional reluctance was systematically related to less supportive consent attitudes: perceiving institutional messages as exaggerated or personally irrelevant predicted lower support for sexual and digital consent norms, whereas trust in the campaign’s effectiveness was associated with more egalitarian attitudes. The findings support the continuity between sexual and digital consent and highlight gender and institutional trust as key determinants for the prevention of gender-based and sexual violence. Public health and social policies should integrate digital consent into consent education and co-design campaigns that minimize defensive reactions and rebuild trust in institutions. 000170426 536__ $$9nfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/Cátedra de Políticas Sociales 000170426 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000170426 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000170426 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3252-076X$$aValero Errazu, Diana$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170426 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7730-8527$$aAguerri, Jesús C.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170426 7102_ $$14012$$2650$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas$$cÁrea Organización de Empresas 000170426 7102_ $$14009$$2813$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Psicología y Sociología$$cÁrea Trabajo Social y Serv.Soc 000170426 773__ $$g23, 4 (2026), 480 [26 pp.]$$pInt. j. environ. res. public health$$tInternational journal of environmental research and public health$$x1661-7827 000170426 8564_ $$s380450$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170426/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000170426 8564_ $$s2400909$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170426/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000170426 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:170426$$particulos$$pdriver 000170426 951__ $$a2026-04-18-10:49:21 000170426 980__ $$aARTICLE