The role of heavy episodic drinking and hostile sexism in men's sexual aggression toward female intimate partners

Lisco, Claire G.; Parrott, Dominic J.; Tharp, Andra Teten

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.06.010

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“…Because perpetrators already have ready access to intimate partners, alcohol is unnecessary as a prelude to sexual activity or a means of reducing female resistance. Nonetheless, there is some evidence that men's drinking increases sexual aggression toward intimate partners, both at the distal (Lisco et al, 2012) and event level (Shorey et al, 2014). In contrast, a separate body of literature suggests that the temporal effect of alcohol consump-tion on the occurrence of sexual activity is specific to new or casual, as opposed to established, partners (Goldstein et al, 2007;Howells & Orcutt, 2014;Kiene et al, 2009;Parks et al, 2011).…”

Section: Proximal Effects Of Alcoholmentioning

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Do Drinking Episodes Contribute to Sexual Aggression Perpetration in College Men?

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Parks

Hoffman

et al. 2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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Survey and experimental analog studies suggest that alcohol consumption contributes to perpetration of sexual aggression. However, few studies have considered the temporal association between naturally occurring episodes of drinking and subsequent sexual aggression. This daily report study was designed to examine whether alcohol consumption increases the odds of aggressive sexual activity within the next 4 hours. Method: First-year male college students (N = 427) completed daily online reports of drinking and sexual activity for up to 56 days. Multilevel modeling was used to determine whether drinking episodes increased the odds of the following outcomes occurring within 4 hours: (a) aggressive sex with a new partner, (b) non-aggressive sex with a new partner, (c) aggressive sex with a previous partner, and (d) non-aggressive sex with a previous partner. Results: Drinking episodes increased the odds of both aggressive and non-aggressive sex with a new partner. In contrast, drinking episodes did not predict aggression involving previous partners and decreased the odds of non-aggressive sex with a previous partner. Contrary to hypotheses, individual difference variables associated with propensity toward sexual aggression (sexual misperception, antisocial behavior, hostility toward women) did not interact with daily alcohol. Conclusions: The complex pattern of results is more consistent with situational as opposed to pharmacological effects of alcohol on sexual aggression and suggests that prevention efforts focus on drinking contexts known to facilitate sexual activity.

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Section: Proximal Effects Of Alcoholmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Drinking Episodes Contribute to Sexual Aggression Perpetration in College Men?

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Parks

Hoffman

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J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…In stark comparison, probability of marital aggression among those low on alcohol dependence was not influenced by hostility (.01 probability). Others have documented the relationship between alcohol consumption and violence toward intimate partners (e.g., Lisco, Parrott, & Tharp, 2012) and sexual minorities (e.g., Parrott, Peterson, & Bakeman, 2011). Anger, alcohol, and aggression relationships have been demonstrated in various laboratory paradigms where those high on trait anger and aggressiveness tend to engage in greater aggression when provoked and under the influence of alcohol (Miller, Parrott, & Giancola, 2009).…”

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Alcohol-Adapted Anger Management Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Innovative Therapy for Alcohol Dependence

Walitzer

Deffenbacher

Shyhalla

2015

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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A randomized controlled trial for an innovative alcohol-adapted anger management treatment (AM) for outpatient alcohol dependent individuals scoring moderate or above on anger is described. AM treatment outcomes were compared to those of an empirically-supported intervention, Alcoholics Anonymous Facilitation treatment (AAF). Clients in AM, relative to clients in AAF, were hypothesized to have greater improvement in anger and anger-related cognitions and lesser AA involvement during the six-month follow-up. Anger-related variables were hypothesized to be stronger predictors of improved alcohol outcomes in the AM treatment condition and AA involvement was hypothesized to be a stronger predictor of alcohol outcomes in the AAF treatment group. Seventy-six alcohol dependent men and women were randomly assigned to treatment condition and followed for six months after treatment end. Both AM and AAF treatments were followed by significant reductions in heavy drinking days, alcohol consequences, anger, and maladaptive anger-related thoughts and increases in abstinence and self-confidence regarding not drinking to anger-related triggers. Treatment with AAF was associated with greater AA involvement relative to treatment with AM. Changes in anger and AA involvement were predictive of posttreatment alcohol outcomes for both treatments. Change in trait anger was a stronger predictor of posttreatment alcohol consequences for AM than for AAF clients; during-treatment AA meeting attendance was a stronger predictor of posttreatment heavy drinking and alcohol consequences for AAF than for AM clients. Anger-related constructs and drinking triggers should be foci in treatment of alcohol dependence for anger-involved clients.

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“…Of all of these effects, the most extensively studied deficits have been the executive function and memory, mainly due to their greater vulnerability to the toxic effects of alcohol. Moreover, alcohol-related aggression was stronger in healthy social drinker men with lower cognitive and emotional empathy [17] and high hostile sexism [18]. Therefore, chronic alcohol consumption deficits exacerbate deficits already present in substance abusers.…”

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The Contribution of Childhood Parental Rejection and Early Androgen Exposure to Impairments in Socio-Cognitive Skills in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators with High Alcohol Consumption

Romero‐Martínez

Lila

Catalá-Miñana

et al. 2013

IJERPH

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Alcohol consumption, a larger history of childhood parental rejection, and high prenatal androgen exposure have been linked with facilitation and high risk of recidivism in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrators. Participants were distributed into two groups according to their alcohol consumption scores as high (HA) and low (LA). HA presented a higher history of childhood parental rejection, prenatal masculinization (smaller 2D:4D ratio), and violence-related scores than LA IPV perpetrators. Nonetheless, the former showed poor socio-cognitive skills performance (cognitive flexibility, emotional recognition and cognitive empathy). Particularly in HA IPV perpetrators, the history of childhood parental rejection was associated with high hostile sexism and low cognitive empathy. Moreover, a masculinized 2D:4D ratio was associated with high anger expression and low cognitive empathy. Parental rejection during childhood and early androgen exposure are relevant factors for the development of violence and the lack of adequate empathy in adulthood. Furthermore, alcohol abuse plays a key role in the development of socio-cognitive impairments and in the proneness to violence and its recidivism. These findings contribute to new coadjutant violence intervention programs, focused on the rehabilitation of basic executive functions and emotional decoding processes and on the treatment of alcohol dependence.

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The role of heavy episodic drinking and hostile sexism in men's sexual aggression toward female intimate partners

Cited by 38 publications

References 53 publications

Do Drinking Episodes Contribute to Sexual Aggression Perpetration in College Men?

Do Drinking Episodes Contribute to Sexual Aggression Perpetration in College Men?

Alcohol-Adapted Anger Management Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Innovative Therapy for Alcohol Dependence

The Contribution of Childhood Parental Rejection and Early Androgen Exposure to Impairments in Socio-Cognitive Skills in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators with High Alcohol Consumption

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