Perceived Sexual Control, Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies and Behavior Predict Substance-Related Sexual Revictimization

Autor/inn/en	Walsh, Kate; Messman-Moore, Terri; Zerubavel, Noga; Chandley, Rachel B.; DeNardi, Kathleen A.; Walker, Dave P.
Titel	Perceived Sexual Control, Sex-Related Alcohol Expectancies and Behavior Predict Substance-Related Sexual Revictimization
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 37 (2013) 5, S.353-359 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.11.009
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Rape; Drinking; Prediction; Victims; Behavior Patterns; Correlation; Theories; Child Abuse; Path Analysis; Risk; Health Behavior; Females; College Students; Surveys; Models; Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Sexueller Missbrauch; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Trinken; Vorhersage; Victim; Opfer; Korrelation; Theory; Theorie; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Pfadanalyse; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Analogiemodell; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch)
Abstract	Objectives: Although numerous studies have documented linkages between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and later sexual revictimization, mechanisms underlying revictimization, particularly assaults occurring in the context of substance use, are not well-understood. Consistent with Traumagenic Dynamics theory, the present study tested a path model positing that lowered perceptions of sexual control resulting from CSA may be associated with increased sex-related alcohol expectancies and heightened likelihood of risky sexual behavior, which in turn, may predict adult substance-related rape. Methods: Participants were 546 female college students who completed anonymous surveys regarding CSA and adult rape, perceptions of sexual control, sex-related alcohol expectancies, and likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behavior. Results: The data fit the hypothesized model well and all hypothesized path coefficients were significant and in the expected directions. As expected, sex-related alcohol expectancies and likelihood of risky sexual behavior only predicted substance-related rape, not forcible rape. Conclusions: Findings suggested that low perceived sexual control stemming from CSA is associated with increased sex-related alcohol expectancies and a higher likelihood of engaging in sexual behavior in the context of alcohol use. In turn these proximal risk factors heighten vulnerability to substance-related rape. Programs which aim to reduce risk for substance-related rape could be improved by addressing expectancies and motivations for risky sexual behavior in the context of substance use. Implications and future directions are discussed. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10