Impact of Sexual Enhancement Alcohol Expectancies and Risky Behavior on Alcohol-Involved Rape Among College Women

• NCJ Number: 245932
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Dated: April 2013 Pages: 449-464
• Author(s): Terri L. Messman-Moore; Rose Marie Ward; Kathleen A. DeNardi
• Date Published: April 2013
• Length: 16 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A structural equation model examined sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies, heavy episodic drinking HED, and risky sexual behavior as correlates of alcohol-involved rape in a sample of 353 college women.

Abstract

A structural equation model examined sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies, heavy episodic drinking HED, and risky sexual behavior as correlates of alcohol-involved rape in a sample of 353 college women. Prevalence of alcohol-involved rape was 15.6%. Sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies were indirectly associated with alcohol-involved rape via increased levels of HED, greater likelihood of sex while intoxicated, and number of sex partners. All forms of risky behavior were associated with alcohol-involved rape although HED had the strongest relationship. Findings suggest continued focus on women's positive alcohol expectancies and HED as risk factors for alcohol-involved rape. Implications for intervention will be discussed. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.