The role of social drinking factors in the relationship between incapacitated sexual assault and drinking before sexual activity

Abstract

The White House Council (2014) has highlighted sexual assault prevention as a high priority issue in need of immediate attention. A risk factor associated with sexual assault victimization and revictimization is drinking before sexual activity. The current study examined the relationship between incapacitated sexual assault (ISA) and drinking before sexual activity. Additionally, social-related drinking factors including drinking to conform motives, social drinking motives, and perceived drinking norms were examined as being associated with ISA history and drinking before sexual activity given the typical social context of both drinking before sexual activity and sexual assault in college settings. Six hundred and three undergraduate college women completed a survey online assessing history of ISA, social factors associated with drinking, and frequency of drinking before sexual activity. Path analysis indicated that both ISA before college and since entering college were associated with higher perceived drinking norms, more social drinking motives endorsement, and more drinking to conform. However, only higher perceived drinking norms and more social drinking motives endorsement were associated with both more severe ISA histories and more frequent drinking before sexual activity. Thus, a more severe ISA history was indeed associated with more frequent drinking before sexual activity and social factors related to drinking played a significant role in this relationship. Social factors can be easily targeted through brief interventions and these findings can inform future programming to promote more careful use of alcohol in social and sexual situations.

The Role of Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies in Alcohol-Involved Consensual and Nonconsensual Sex Among Women of Asian/Pacific Islander and Women of European Race/Ethnicity

“…One item assessed for the frequency with which individuals had consumed alcohol prior to or during sexual activity (as used previously in Bird, Gilmore, George, & Lewis, 2016). Response options ranged on a 5-point scale (0 = never , 1 = about a quarter of the time , 2 = about half the time , 3 = about three quarters of the time , and 4 = always ).…”

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Relacionamento entre pai e mãe e consumo de álcool segundo relato de escolares de 12 a 14 anos do sul do Brasil

“…Até certo ponto, onde o consumo de álcool tenha esse papel de alívio de tensões, é compreensível que a avaliação dos adolescentes sobre o relacionamento entre os seus pais não se expresse de forma negativa. É comum o uso de bebidas alcoólicas para superar situações de maior exigência em termos de habilidades sociais, como entrar em contato com desconhecidos no espaço público, em situações de preparação para a atividade sexual 10,25 ou pensando em se divertir mais ou para atenuar emoções negativas 25 , condições favorecedoras do consumo que têm sido descritas tanto para populações adultas como para adolescentes.…”

“…Tais manifestações podem fazer com que a convivência pareça melhor ou mais harmônica, desafios pareçam mais facilmente transponíveis, as pessoas se coloquem de modo mais confortável e os conflitos fiquem menos expostos 4 . Isso é especialmente evidente quando se analisam prevalências de consumo de bebidas alcoólicas entre jovens diante de desafios sociais, como em momentos que antecedem relações sexuais 10 . De maneira geral, o consumo de álcool começa ainda na adolescência 1,2 , e o padrão de consumo está intimamente relacionado com o tipo de relacionamento existente entre o adolescente e seus pais [11][12][13][14][15] .…”