Sexual Assault and Alcohol Use: Exploring the Self-Medication Hypothesis

Miranda, Robert; Meyerson, Lori A.; Long, Patricia J.; Marx, Brian P.; Simpson, Sharon M.

doi:10.1891/vivi.17.2.205.33650

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“…12,48,49 Our results for severe physical assault are plainly inconsistent with what other studies have found. 8,9,19 It is unclear why severe physical assault is uncorrelated with psychological distress in our multivariate models, when other (seemingly less traumatic) forms of violence like psychological aggression and minor physical assault are correlated with distress.…”

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Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

2007

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In this paper, we examined the association between relationship violence and psychological distress among low-income urban women. Extending prior research, we considered the effects of relationship violence within the context of other chronic stressors that are common in the lives of these women. Using data from the Welfare, Children, and Families project (1999), a probability sample of 2,402 low-income women with children living in low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we predicted psychological distress with multiple measures of relationship violence, a wide range of sociodemographic variables, and several chronic stressors. Our results show that relationship violence is associated with higher levels of economic hardship, neighborhood disorder, and household disrepair. We also find that relationship violence is associated with higher levels of psychological distress, net of these other chronic stressors. Finally, we observe that the effects of relationship violence do not vary according to the chronic stressors under study. Because the adverse effects of relationship violence are similar for women despite other adverse circumstances, interventions and treatment efforts focused exclusively on relationship violence may make a unique contribution to the psychological well-being of low-income urban women.

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Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

2007

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“…Moreover, heavy drinking may follow sexual assault as a means of coping with assault-related psychological distress (Grayson & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2005;Miranda, Meyerson, Long, Marx, & Simpson, 2002). Several studies have reported increased alcohol consumption and more drinking-related negative consequences in sexually assaulted college students as compared to their non-assaulted peers (Corbin, Bernat, Calhoun, McNair, & Seals, 2001;Larimer, Lydum, Anderson, & Turner, 1999;Marx, Nichols-Anderson, Messman-Moore, Miranda, & Porter, 2000).…”

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Incapacitated rape and alcohol use: A prospective analysis

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Neighbors

Martell

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This study examined timing of alcohol-related sexual assaults (incapacitated rape) in relation to both alcohol consumption and alcohol-related negative consequences. The sample was drawn from a randomly selected pool of college students across three campuses (n =1238) followed over a three year time period. 91% of students never experienced an incapacitated rape, 2% reported an incapacitated rape prior to the first assessment point (n =30), and 6% reported one over the course of the study (n =76). Results indicated that incapacitated rape was associated with higher alcohol use and more negative consequences in the years prior to the assault. Incapacitated rape was also associated with higher alcohol use and more negative consequences during the year in which the rape took place and subsequent years, with highest rates measured for the year of the rape. These results suggest alcohol use can function as both risk factor and consequence of sexual victimization.

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“…Stressful events are common sources of negative affect, which may lead to drinking for self-medication purposes (Miranda et al, 2002). It is possible that frequent alcohol consumption for negative reinforcement purposes may eventually lead to an over-reliance upon alcohol and eventually to difficulties in controlling alcohol intake.…”

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Impaired Control and Undergraduate Problem Drinking

Leeman

Fenton

Volpicelli

2006

Alcohol and Alcoholism

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Aims-Impaired control, one of the hallmarks of addiction, is also one of the earliest dependence symptoms to develop. Thus impaired control is particularly relevant to undergraduates and other young adults with relatively brief drinking histories. The main goal of this study was to determine whether impaired control predicted heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related problems crosssectionally in an undergraduate sample after controlling for gender, family history of alcohol and drug problems and several other established predictor variables from the undergraduate alcohol literature.Methods-A sample of first-year undergraduates (N = 312) completed Part 2 of the Impaired Control Scale (ICS; Heather et al., 1993) and other measures related to alcohol use as part of a larger study on problem drinking in undergraduates.Results-Scores on Part 2 of the ICS predicted heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related problems cross-sectionally even after controlling for all other predictor variables. Notably, impaired control was a stronger predictor of alcohol-related problems than overall weekly alcohol consumption. Part 2 of the ICS was found to be a reliable and valid measure for use with undergraduates.Conclusions-These findings support the notion that impaired control is one of the earliest dependence symptoms to develop. The ICS is an effective tool for identifying young adults at risk for problem drinking.

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Sexual Assault and Alcohol Use: Exploring the Self-Medication Hypothesis

Cited by 152 publications

References 57 publications

Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

Relationship Violence and Psychological Distress Among Low-income Urban Women

Incapacitated rape and alcohol use: A prospective analysis

Impaired Control and Undergraduate Problem Drinking

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