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Weekly Drinking and Binge Drinking Mediate the Association Between Drinking Location and Sexual Coercion
- Source :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36:NP10843-NP10862
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2019.
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Abstract
- It has been well documented that alcohol use is a risk factor for sexual assault. However, few studies have examined how alcohol use is associated with sexual coercion experiences. Furthermore, off-campus parties and bars are drinking locations where alcohol use is high among college students. It is important to determine other risk factors, such as the drinking location, that may affect alcohol use and sexual coercion. The current study examined whether alcohol use (drinks per week and binge drinking) mediated the association between drinking location frequency (off-campus party and bar/restaurant) and experiencing sexual coercion in the past 30 days. Participants were N = 295 young adult ( Mage = 21.17 years, SD = 2.70) undergraduate women who reported drinking at least once in the past 30 days and completed an online survey. Results revealed that 88 (29.8%) participants experienced sexual coercion in the past 30 days. Participants who experienced sexual coercion in the past 30 days reported greater drinks per week, were more likely to binge drink, and reported drinking more frequently at off-campus parties than those who had not experienced sexual coercion. Drinks per week significantly mediated the relationship between drinking location frequency (off-campus party and bar/restaurant) and sexual coercion. Specifically, more frequent drinking at off-campus parties and bars/restaurants was associated with greater drinks per week, which in turn was related to experiencing sexual coercion in the past 30 days. Binge drinking significantly mediated the association between frequency of drinking at a bar/restaurant and sexual coercion, but not off-campus drinking frequency. Findings suggest that college student alcohol interventions that target harm reduction should consider including information about how the drinking location may intersect with alcohol use to increase risk for sexual coercion.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Alcohol Drinking
Universities
Coercion
030508 substance abuse
Binge drinking
Poison control
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Binge Drinking
Sexual coercion
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Injury prevention
Humans
Medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Risk factor
Students
Psychiatry
Applied Psychology
business.industry
Sex Offenses
05 social sciences
Human factors and ergonomics
social sciences
Clinical Psychology
Female
0305 other medical science
business
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15526518 and 08862605
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....531d9fa686a27f4f1afb746c6d097897