The Evaluation of a Sexual Assault Self-Defense and Risk-Reduction Program for College Women: A Prospective Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine A. Gidycz ◽  
Cindy L. Rich ◽  
Lindsay Orchowski ◽  
Carrie King ◽  
Audrey K. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
College Women ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Reduction Program ◽  
A Prospective Study

scholarly journals Reducing Heavy Episodic Drinking, Incapacitation, and Alcohol-Induced Blackouts: Secondary Outcomes of a Web-Based Combined Alcohol Use and Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Intervention

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1299-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda K. Gilmore ◽  
Kaitlin E. Bountress ◽  
Mollie Selmanoff ◽  
William H. George
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
College Women ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽  
Sexual Assault Prevention ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Reduction Program ◽  
Risk Reduction Intervention

Heavy episodic drinking, alcohol-induced blackouts, and incapacitation are associated with sexual assault among college women. Therefore, reducing heavy episodic drinking, alcohol-induced blackouts, and incapacitation among college women may reduce sexual assault victimization risk. The current study examined the indirect effect of a combined alcohol use and sexual assault risk reduction program on sexual assault severity through heavy episodic drinking, alcohol-induced blackouts, and incapacitation ( n = 264). An alcohol use reduction program, sexual assault risk reduction program, and combined alcohol use and sexual assault risk reduction program were compared with a control condition. The sexual assault risk reduction content reduced alcohol-induced blackouts and incapacitation, and the combined alcohol use and sexual assault risk reduction program reduced alcohol-induced blackouts. Only incapacitation was associated with reduced sexual assault severity at follow-up. Reducing incapacitation and alcohol-induced blackouts is possible with a brief, web-based intervention, and reducing incapacitation may be one viable strategy within larger sexual assault prevention programming efforts.

A Prospective Study of Sexual Assault and Alcohol Use Among First-Year College Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily R. Mouilso ◽  
Sarah Fischer ◽  
Karen S. Calhoun
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
College Women ◽  
First Year ◽  
Freshman Year ◽  
First Year College ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Frequent Drinking

This study prospectively examined the relation between alcohol use and sexual assault in a sample (N = 319) of first-year college women. Both frequency of drinking and frequency of binge drinking were measured. Over the course of their freshman year, 19.3% reported experiencing at least one sexual assault. Frequent binge drinking and frequent drinking predicted a subsequent sexual assault; however, experiencing a sexual assault did not predict changes in alcohol use. Frequent binge drinking demonstrated a stronger association with sexual assault than did frequent drinking. Findings help clarify the relation between alcohol use and sexual assault in college women and call for continued differentiation in assessment of alcohol use.

To Whom Do College Women Confide Following Sexual Assault? A Prospective Study of Predictors of Sexual Assault Disclosure and Social Reactions

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay M. Orchowski ◽  
Christine A. Gidycz
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
College Women ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Support Providers ◽  
High Tendency ◽  
Female Peer ◽  
A Prospective Study

A prospective methodology was used to explore predictors of sexual assault disclosure among college women, identify who women tell about sexual victimization, and examine the responses of informal support providers ( N = 374). Women most often confided in a female peer. Increased coping via seeking emotional support, strong attachments, and high tendency to disclose stressful information predicted adolescent sexual assault disclosure and disclosure over the 7-month interim. Less acquaintance with the perpetrator predicted disclosure over the follow-up, including experiences of revictimization. Victim and perpetrator alcohol use at the time of the assault also predicted disclosure over the follow-up. Implications are presented.

Factors predicting the type of tactics used to resist sexual assault: A prospective study of college women.

2007 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Turchik ◽  
Danielle R. Probst ◽  
Minna Chau ◽  
Amy Nigoff ◽  
Christine A. Gidycz
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
College Women ◽  
A Prospective Study

scholarly journals Predictors of sexual abstinence: A prospective study of college women in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1304605
Author(s):  
Hazel Spears ◽  
John B. Jemmott ◽  
G. Anita Heeren ◽  
Ross Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
College Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Abstinence ◽  
A Prospective Study

scholarly journals Predictors of Assertive and Non-Assertive Styles of Self-Defense Behavior During a Lab-based Sexual Assault Scenario

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
RaeAnn Anderson ◽  
Shawn P Cahill ◽  
Kristin E. Silver ◽  
Douglas L. Delahanty
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
College Women ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Defense Behavior ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rape Acknowledgment

The current study examined how psychological factors influence hypothetical behavioral responses to threat (BRTT). College women (n = 113) with a history of sexual victimization completed a standardized lab-based self-defense scenario. Interpersonal skills, coping style, and assertive and non-assertive BRTT during a prior assault predicted assertive BRTT during the task. The use of non-assertive BRTT during past assaults no longer predicted assertive BRTT during the task when accounting for rape acknowledgment. Findings regarding rape acknowledgment demonstrate the complexity of recovery from sexual assault. Our results highlight interpersonal skills as an intervention target for innovative sexual assault risk reduction interventions.

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