Alcohol’s Role in Sexual Assault

Abbey, Antonia; Ross, Lisa Thomson; McDuffie, Donna

doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-0299-8_4

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“…Thus, across the disparate populations studied, researchers consistently have found that approximately one-half of all sexual assaults are committed by men who have been drinking alcohol. Depending on the sample studied and the measures used, the estimates for alcohol use among perpetrators have ranged from 34 to 74 percent (Abbey et al 1994;Crowell and Burgess 1996). Similarly, approximately one-half of all sexual assault victims report that they were drinking alcohol at the time of the assault, with estimates ranging from 30 to 79 percent (Abbey et al 1994;Crowell and Burgess 1996).…”

Section: The Prevalence Of Sexual Assault and Alcohol-involved Sexualmentioning

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“…Depending on the sample studied and the measures used, the estimates for alcohol use among perpetrators have ranged from 34 to 74 percent (Abbey et al 1994;Crowell and Burgess 1996). Similarly, approximately one-half of all sexual assault victims report that they were drinking alcohol at the time of the assault, with estimates ranging from 30 to 79 percent (Abbey et al 1994;Crowell and Burgess 1996). It is important to emphasize, however, that although a woman's alcohol consumption may place her at increased risk of sexual assault, she is in no way responsible for the assault.…”

Section: The Prevalence Of Sexual Assault and Alcohol-involved Sexualmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In studies involving two different subject groups (i.e., incarcerated rapists and college students), men who reported that they drank heavily 2 were more likely than other men to report having committed sexual assault (Abbey et al 1994;Koss and Dinero 1988). General alcohol consumption could be related to sexual assault through multiple pathways.…”

Section: Perpetrators' Personality Characteristics Attitudes and Exmentioning

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“…Alcohol is not necessary in this scenario, because some men feel entitled to force sex on women if they feel that they have been "led on" or teased (Abbey et al 1994). The cognitive deficits associated with alcohol consumption, however, can enhance a man's likelihood of behaving aggressively, because an intoxicated man may have more difficulty generating nonaggressive solutions to gaining sexual satisfaction.…”

Section: Alcohol's Effects In Sexual Assault Situationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Alcohol and Sexual Assault

Abbey

Zawacki

Buck

et al. 2009

Encyclopedia of Human Relationships

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Conservative estimates of sexual assault prevalence suggest that 25 percent of American women have experienced sexual assault, including rape. Approximately one-half of those cases involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrator, victim, or both. Alcohol contributes to sexual assault through multiple pathways, often exacerbating existing risk factors. Beliefs about alcohol's effects on sexual and aggressive behavior, stereotypes about drinking women, and alcohol's effects on cognitive and motor skills contribute to alcohol-involved sexual assault. Despite advances in researchers' understanding of the relationships between alcohol consumption and sexual assault, many questions still need to be addressed in future studies.Keywords sexual offense; assault and battery; aggressive behavior; AODR (alcohol or other drug [AOD] related) behavioral problem; AODR violence; AODR interpersonal and societal problems; personality trait related to social interaction; AOD expectancies; victim of abuse; social context; alcohol cue Sexual assault 1 of adolescent and adult women has been called a silent epidemic, because it occurs at high rates yet is rarely reported to the authorities (Koss 1988). Several reasons contribute to the underreporting of sexual assault cases. Many victims do not tell others about the assault, because they fear that they will not be believed or will be derogated, which, according to research findings, is a valid concern (Abbey et al. 1996b). Other victims

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Section: The Prevalence Of Sexual Assault and Alcohol-involved Sexualmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Prevalence Of Sexual Assault and Alcohol-involved Sexualmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perpetrators' Personality Characteristics Attitudes and Exmentioning

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Section: Alcohol's Effects In Sexual Assault Situationsmentioning

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Alcohol and Sexual Assault

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Zawacki

Buck

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“…Although a correlation between alcohol consumption and sexual aggression appears stable and significant, there is not a clear understanding of how alcohol contributes to sexual aggression (Martin, 1992). One avenue of influence that has begun to receive increased attention is alcohol's effect on men that may serve to increase the likelihood of sexual aggression (e.g., that men view alcohol as a means of coercing sexual relations, that it affects what cues they notice and how these are interpreted, that men use alcohol to justify sexual aggression) (Abbey, Ross, & McDuffie, 1994;Abbey & Thompson, 1992;Kanin, 1984;Koss & Gaines, 1993).…”

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Risk perception for acquaintance sexual aggression

Nurius

2000

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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Beliefs that people hold about sources of harm and their personal susceptibility to harm have been shown to play an important role in their subsequent self-protection. With respect to acquaintance sexual aggression, women generally report low levels of perceived personal risk and, thus, low level preparedness to prevent or protect against this form of threat. In order to develop effective resistance efforts, a more complete understanding is needed of factors that shape perception of risk and how these factors are likely to influence-both positively and negatively-women's risk reduction and self-protection. This article addresses this need by reviewing recent literature on risk perception and identifying relevant applications of theory and findings to women's perception of risk for acquaintance sexual aggression. KeywordsAcquaintance sexual aggression; risk perception; social cognition Distinctions between risk perception at the population and individual levels are easily blurred, which has a bearing on whether risk data are properly interpreted, whether conceptual models are appropriate, and whether intervention and policy strategies are likely to be effective. This article focuses on individual level perception, the special challenges of perceiving personal risk of acquaintance assault within the contexts of heterosexual dating and socializing, and a social cognitive analysis of factors most likely to influence risk perception. Although women are particularly vulnerable to being blamed for assaults on them that occur in heterosexual social contexts, it must be noted that acquaintance sexual aggression is by no means limited to social situations or social relationships, that acquaintance sexual aggression also occurs between same sex individuals, and that actual prevention entails cessation of the perpetration of aggression. Focus on risk perception entails the danger of shifting responsibility of aggressive male perpetrators' behavior onto women victims. Rather than personal inadequacies or failings, the factors discussed here are normative phenomena typical of human perception in general and have been demonstrated to affect health and safety in other domains. Thus, appropriately applied, attention to

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Women's bar-related victimization: Refining and testing a conceptual model

Parks¹,

Zetes-Zanatta²

1999

Aggr. Behav.

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Alcohol’s Role in Sexual Assault

Cited by 62 publications

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Alcohol and Sexual Assault

Alcohol and Sexual Assault

Risk perception for acquaintance sexual aggression

Women's bar-related victimization: Refining and testing a conceptual model

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