Binge Drinking and Rape: A Prospective Examination of College Women With a History of Previous Sexual Victimization

Using a longitudinal design, the current study explored intimate partner violence perpetration among 1,300 college women within the context of one's history of physical and sexual victimization across 4 years of college. Structural equation modeling indicated that sexual victimization does not predict concurrent use of women's intimate partner violence but does predict subsequent use of women's intimate partner violence during the later years of college. In contrast, physical victimization is associated positively with concurrent use of women's intimate partner violence but is negatively associated with subsequent use of women's intimate partner violence for women. Furthermore, the negative relationship of victimization to subsequent perpetration primarily is due to those with high levels of victimization histories. The present study provides the first model of intimate partner violence within the context of victimization history using longitudinal data. The findings indicate that women's intimate partner violence perpetration is not context-free, but rather is influenced by their own physical and sexual victimization histories.

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Examining the Role of Body Dissatisfaction and Sexual Self-Esteem in Sexual Functioning Outcomes among College Women with a History of Sexual Victimization

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e621642012-126 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Erika L. Kelley ◽

Christine A. Gidycz

Keyword(s):

Body Dissatisfaction ◽

College Women ◽

Sexual Functioning ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Self Esteem ◽

History Of

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Differences in the Style and Sequence of Self-Defense Behavior in Relation to Sexual Victimization in College Women using a Laboratory-Based Scenario

10.31219/osf.io/bd8w3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

RaeAnn Anderson ◽

Shawn P Cahill ◽

Douglas L. Delahanty

Keyword(s):

College Women ◽

Behavioral Response ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Date Rape ◽

Defense Behavior ◽

Self Defense ◽

Hypothetical Scenario ◽

Increase Risk ◽

History Of ◽

Threatening Situation

Objective: During a potential sexual assault experience, an active, assertive behavioral response to threat (BRTT) can be protective while a non-assertive BRTT may increase risk. However, little is known about how the sequence of behaviors that a woman engages in during a threatening situation may be related to sexual victimization. The present study investigated the style and sequence of behaviors in college women’s behavioral response to threat using a lab-based date rape self-defense scenario. Method: 135 college women (113 with a history of sexual victimization) completed a lab-based self-defense scenario in which the threat stimuli and situational context were standardized. Participants also completed a comprehensive assessment of multiple BRTT styles and the sequence of behaviors utilized.Results: Most participants endorsed likely using multiple BRTT styles during the hypothetical scenario. Participants with a history of sexual victimization were more likely to endorse diplomatic and immobile style behaviors and using immobile behaviors earlier in the sequence than participants without a victimization history.Conclusions: Prior research has typically assessed whether respondents are likely to engage in one type of BRTT. The present results indicate that women often anticipate using multiple BRTT strategies and that these strategies are likely situation-dependent. Further, women with a history of sexual victimization may utilize different BRTT styles likely as a result of their prior traumatization.

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Does Change in Binge Drinking Reduce Risk of Repeat Sexual Assault Victimization? Evidence From Three Cohorts of Freshman Undergraduate Women

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0011128720978734 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 001112872097873

Author(s):

Leah C. Butler ◽

Bonnie S. Fisher ◽

Bradford W. Reyns

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Sexual Assault ◽

Binge Drinking ◽

College Women ◽

Survey Data ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Repeat Victimization ◽

Undergraduate Women ◽

Established Relationship ◽

Reduce Risk

Many college students who experience sexual assault experience subsequent (i.e., repeat) sexual assault incidents. There is also an established relationship between sexual assault and binge drinking. The “once bitten, twice shy” (OBTS) hypothesis suggests that those who experience alcohol- or drug-related (AOD) sexual assault would reduce how frequently they binge drink in an effort to avoid repeat victimization. We test this hypothesis by analyzing two years of survey data collected from a panel of three cohorts of freshmen women. Supportive of OBTS, our analyses reveal that students who experienced an AOD-related sexual assault at time 1 only reduced the number of days they binge drank from time 1 to time 2 and that this change significantly differed from repeat victims. Implications for efforts to reduce sexual victimization against college women are discussed.

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Sexual victimization history predicts academic performance in college women.

Journal of Counseling Psychology ◽

10.1037/cou0000146 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 63 (6) ◽

pp. 685-692 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Majel R. Baker ◽

Patricia A. Frazier ◽

Christiaan Greer ◽

Jacob A. Paulsen ◽

Kelli Howard ◽

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Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

College Women ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Victimization History

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Measure of Sexual Victimization of College Women

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t07801-000 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Joanne Belknap ◽

Bonnie Fisher ◽

Francis T. Cullen

Keyword(s):

College Women ◽

Sexual Victimization

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The Relationship Between a Lifetime History of Sexual Victimization and Perinatal Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Trauma Violence & Abuse ◽

10.1177/15248380211021611 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 152483802110216

Author(s):

Brooke N. Lombardi ◽

Todd M. Jensen ◽

Anna B. Parisi ◽

Melissa Jenkins ◽

Sarah E. Bledsoe

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Effect Size ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Perinatal Depression ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Effect Size Estimate ◽

Lifetime History ◽

Size Estimate ◽

History Of ◽

Size Estimates

Background: The association between a lifetime history of sexual victimization and the well-being of women during the perinatal period has received increasing attention. However, research investigating this relationship has yet to be systematically reviewed or quantitatively synthesized. Aim: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to calculate the pooled effect size estimate of the statistical association between a lifetime history of sexual victimization and perinatal depression (PND). Method: Four bibliographic databases were systematically searched, and reference harvesting was conducted to identify peer-reviewed articles that empirically examined associations between a lifetime history of sexual victimization and PND. A random effects model was used to ascertain an overall pooled effect size estimate in the form of an odds ratio and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Subgroup analyses were also conducted to assess whether particular study features and sample characteristic (e.g., race and ethnicity) influenced the magnitude of effect size estimates. Results: This review included 36 studies, with 45 effect size estimates available for meta-analysis. Women with a lifetime history of sexual victimization had 51% greater odds of experiencing PND relative to women with no history of sexual victimization ( OR = 1.51, 95% CI [1.35, 1.67]). Effect size estimates varied considerably according to the PND instrument used in each study and the racial/ethnic composition of each sample. Conclusion: Findings provide compelling evidence for an association between a lifetime history of sexual victimization and PND. Future research should focus on screening practices and interventions that identify and support survivors of sexual victimization perinatally.

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Measurement Invariance of the Sexual Assault Script Scale (SASS): An Examination Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White College Women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260520985491 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052098549

Author(s):

Elizabeth A. Yeater ◽

Kristen N. Vitek ◽

Ryan S. Ross ◽

Meredith Blackwell ◽

Katie Witkiewitz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sexual Assault ◽

College Women ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Factor Model ◽

The United States ◽

Bisexual Women ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Hispanic White ◽

White College

Rates of sexual victimization have remained steady over several decades, and preventative interventions to reduce men’s sexually aggressive behavior have been largely ineffective. As such, research has endeavored to find novel approaches to identify women at increased risk for sexual victimization. Sexual assault scripts, or “cognitive models” that women adhere to that guide their beliefs about sexual assault are posited to influence their victimization risk. Prior studies on sexual assault scripts primarily have been qualitative in nature; however, recent work yielded a 27-item measure of putative risk for sexual victimization called the Sexual Assault Script Scale (SASS). The SASS has four subscales called Stereotypical Assault Scripts, Acquaintance Assault Scripts, Assault Resistance Scripts, and Date/Friend Assault Scripts, which were found in prior work to be internally consistent and associated with putative risk factors for sexual victimization. The focus of the current study was to test the measurement invariance of the SASS among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White college women who were recruited in the prior study. Four hundred sixty-nine ( N = 469) Hispanic and 415 non-Hispanic White US undergraduate heterosexual or bisexual women from a Southwestern university in the United States completed the SASS. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) replicated the prior four-factor model with an acceptable fit to the data, and tests of measurement invariance revealed the SASS to be invariant across Hispanic and non-Hispanic White college women, suggesting that the SASS is measuring a similar construct in these groups.

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