The Relationship Between the Quantity of Alcohol Consumed and the Severity of Sexual Assaults Committed by College Men
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Researchers have suggested that intoxicated perpetrators may act more violently than other perpetrators, although empirical findings have been mixed. Past research has focused on whether or not alcohol was consumed, rather than the quantity consumed, and this may explain these inconsistent findings. The authors hypothesized that the quantity of alcohol consumed would have a curvilinear relationship to the severity of the assault. Data were collected from 113 college men who reported that they had committed a sexual assault since the age of 14. The quantity of alcohol that perpetrators consumed during the assault was linearly related to how much aggression they used and was curvilinearly related to the type of sexual assault committed. The quantity of alcohol that victims consumed during the assault was linearly related to the type of sexual assault committed. Strategies for improving assessment of alcohol consumption in sexual assault research are discussed.
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- Authors
- Abbey, A., Clinton-Sherrod, A. M., McAuslan, P., Zawacki, T., & Buck, P. O.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- Research Triangle Institute International
- University of Michigan–Dearborn (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-07
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 813-833
- ISSN
- 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6518
- PMC
- PMC4484580
- OpenAlex
- W2149036820
- Cited by
- 153
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 14.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA011996)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R24MH047181)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Keywords
- sexual assault, alcohol consumption, male university students, perpetrators, aggression, curvilinear relationship, alcohol consumption assessment
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Sex Offenses, Students
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