Emotion Dysregulation and Drinking to Cope as Predictors and Consequences of Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assault

Messman-Moore, Terri L.; Ward, Rose Marie; Zerubavel, Noga; Chandley, Rachel Burgard; Barton, Sarah

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“…The reciprocal relationship between alcohol-involved assault and alcohol may leave such women open to revictimization by perpetrators who target inebriated women (Messman-Moore et al, 2015). In support of this, alcohol problems were predictive of SIA.…”

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“…Also, emotion dysregulation may increase compliance with sexual activity, impulsive behaviors, and maladaptive coping strategies, as well as decrease sexual refusal assertiveness, relationship stability, and the ability to use emotions as information to detect risk (Bonn-Miller et al, 2011; Cloitre & Rosenberg, 2006; Goldsmith et al, 2013; Marx, Heidt, & Gold, 2005; Messman-Moore, Walsh, & DiLillo, 2010; Orcutt et al, 2005; Walsh, DiLillo, & Messman-Moore, 2012;Walsh, Galea, & Koenen, 2012; Weiss et al, 2014; Zerubavel & Messman-Moore, 2013). Revictimized women report higher rates of emotion regulation difficulties (Walsh, DiLillo, & Scalora, 2011), and emotional dysregulation predicts revictimization (Messman-Moore et al, 2010; Messman-Moore, Ward, & Zerubavel, 2013; Messman-Moore, Ward, Zerubavel, Chandley, & Barton, 2015). …”

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Predicting Sexual Assault Revictimization in a Longitudinal Sample of Women Survivors: Variation by Type of Assault

Relyea

Ullman

2016

Violence Against Women

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This study used a large community sample of women sexual assault survivors to prospectively assess 17 theorized predictors across four types of sexual assault revictimization: unwanted contact, coercion, substance-involved assault (SIA), and force. Results indicated that predictors varied across types of revictimization: Unwanted contact and coercion appeared more common in social contexts more hostile toward survivors, whereas forcible assaults and SIAs occurred in circumstances where survivors were vulnerable to being targeted by perpetrators. Overall, the strongest predictors were social environments hostile to survivors, race, childhood sexual abuse, decreased refusal assertiveness, and having more sexual partners. We discuss implications for intervention and research.

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Predicting Sexual Assault Revictimization in a Longitudinal Sample of Women Survivors: Variation by Type of Assault

Relyea

Ullman

2016

Violence Against Women

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“…This suggests the need for additional research to identify factors that may attenuate the link between sexual IPV and HIV-risk behaviors. Future investigations may benefit from exploring the moderating role of emotion dysregulation in this relation, given evidence linking emotion dysregulation to sexual trauma (71, 72) and HIV-risk behaviors (73-75). Alternatively, because women who experience sexual IPV are oftentimes vulnerable to forced or coerced HIV-risk behaviors (44), the link between sexual IPV and HIV-risk behaviors may have unique mechanisms, such as sexual assertiveness.…”

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Intimate Partner Violence and HIV-Risk Behaviors: Evaluating Avoidant Coping as a Moderator

2016

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Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) report higher rates of HIV-risk behaviors. However, few studies have examined factors that may influence the strength of the link between IPV and HIV-risk behaviors. The goal of the current study was to extend extant research by evaluating the potential moderating role of avoidant coping in this relation. Participants were 212 women currently experiencing IPV (M age = 36.63, 70.8% African American) who were recruited from the community. Significant positive associations were found between physical, psychological, and sexual IPV severity and both avoidant coping and HIV-risk behaviors. Avoidant coping moderated the relations between both physical and psychological IPV severity and HIV-risk behaviors, such that physical and psychological IPV severity were significantly associated with HIV-risk behaviors when avoidant coping was high (but not low). Findings underscore avoidant coping as an important factor in identifying and subsequently treating IPV-victimized women vulnerable to HIV-risk behaviors.

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“…In the first ten weeks of research, drinking to cope predicted alcohol involved sexual assault, and alcohol consumption increased the risk of sexual assault through the entire timeframe. Importantly, past alcohol involved sexual assault predicted future instances (Messman-Moore et al, 2014). …”

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“…This inability to regulate and reduce the negative emotions could then give way to an unbearable emotional state, by heightening the negative emotions (Gross & Levenson, 1997). As such, the individual can turn to alcohol in order to relax and dampen the heightened arousal and pain (Messman-Moore, Ward, Zerubavel, Chandley, & Barton, 2014), as posited in the negative reinforcement model of self-medication (Baker, Piper, McCarthy, Majeskie, & Fiore, 2004). This link between PTSD and emotion regulation is further confounded by the positive correlation between difficulties in processing emotion and PTSS.…”

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Posttraumatic stress disorder in a therapeutic community for substance use disorders: an evaluation of the influence

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The purpose of this body of research is twofold. First, to investigate posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of adults undergoing substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in a therapeutic community (TC) and, second, to apply major psychological theories to help understand the nature of this comorbidity in ways that inform treatment. The focal theories of this research are: emotion dysregulation (Gratz & Roemer, 2004), and revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (rRST; Corr, 2008;Gray & McNaughton, 2000). Rash Impulsiveness will be included as an important dimension of rRST that has been consistently linked to substance misuse. Chapter 1 presents an overview of research related to the thesis as a whole. In Chapter .72, p < .00). Furthermore, the correlations between PTSS and two of the facets of rRST, BAS and fight-flight-freeze sensitivity (FFFS), were significantly correlated (r = -.23 and .49, p < .01, respectively). BAS sensitivity was shown to negatively correlate with PTSS, indicating that lower BAS sensitivity related to higher PTS severity. No relationship was found between the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) and PTSS. Finally, Rash Impulsivity significantly correlated with PTSS at intake, r = .50, p < .00. Contrary to hypotheses, and previous research, Rash Impulsivity did not significantly correlate with retention. Theoretical mechanisms linking PTSS and substance misuse were investigated further, with tests of theoretical models in which individual difference factors (facets of the rRST) were related to retention and outcomes from treatment, and facets of emotional dysregulation were tested as mediators of this relationship. Upon investigation through linear regression, no suitable variable was found the mediate the relationship between PTSS and retention.iii The final moderated mediated model, therefore, was not suitable for this population. Limited moderation, though, occurred between the two facets of rRST and retention. Specifically, investigation of the simple slopes showed that FFFS and Rash Impulsivity both moderate the relationship between PTSD and retention at high (+1 SD) and mean scores. These findings indicate that high levels of both facets do interact with PTSD to negatively influence treatment retention.The null findings for both mediation and the moderated mediation model contradict previous research, and may be due to homogeneity in scores across the population. Overall, some implications for treatment can be extrapolated. First, PTSD is highly prevalent in the TC population, and should be assessed using psychometrically valid measures, such as the PCL-C, and addressed in treatment. Second, treatment for SUD does not exacerbate PTSD; on the contrary, PTSS significantly decreased during TC treatment. Finally, as there is solid theoretical support to suggest an influence of emotion dysregulation and Rash Impulsiveness on retention and outcomes, more research needs to be conducted on the role of these two constructs with the intent of creating a better suited rehabi...

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Emotion Dysregulation and Drinking to Cope as Predictors and Consequences of Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assault

Cited by 66 publications

References 43 publications

Predicting Sexual Assault Revictimization in a Longitudinal Sample of Women Survivors: Variation by Type of Assault

Predicting Sexual Assault Revictimization in a Longitudinal Sample of Women Survivors: Variation by Type of Assault

Intimate Partner Violence and HIV-Risk Behaviors: Evaluating Avoidant Coping as a Moderator

Posttraumatic stress disorder in a therapeutic community for substance use disorders: an evaluation of the influence

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