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Correlates of rape while intoxicated in a national sample of college women.

Mohler-Kuo, Meichun, Dowdall, George W, Koss, Mary P, Wechsler, Henry·2004·Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Abstract

Objective Heavy alcohol use is widespread among college students, particularly in those social situations where the risk of rape rises. Few studies have provided information on rapes of college women that occur when they are intoxicated. The purpose of the present study was to present prevalence data for rape under the condition of intoxication when the victim is unable to consent and to identify college and individual-level risk factors associated with that condition. Method The study utilizes data from 119 schools participating in three Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study surveys. The analytic sample of randomly selected students includes 8,567 women in the 1997 survey, 8,425 in the 1999 survey, and 6,988 in the 2001 survey. Results Roughly one in 20 (4.7%) women reported being raped. Nearly three quarters (72%) of the victims experienced rape while intoxicated. Women who were under 21, were white, resided in sorority houses, used illicit drugs, drank heavily in high school and attended colleges with high rates of heavy episodic drinking were at higher risk of rape while intoxicated. Conclusions The high proportion of rapes found to occur when women were intoxicated indicates the need for alcohol prevention programs on campuses that address sexual assault, both to educate men about what constitutes rape and to advise women of risky situations. The findings that some campus environments are associated with higher levels of both drinking and rape will help t…

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Authors
Mohler-Kuo, M., Dowdall, G. W., Koss, M. P., & Wechsler, H.
Affiliations
  • Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Harvard University (US)
Venue
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
Published
2004-01
Volume
65
Issue
1
Pages
37-45
ISSN
  • 0096-882X (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-2683
OpenAlex
W2105224917
Cited by
537
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
43.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Keywords
sexual assault, female university students, alcohol consumption, binge drinking, risk factors, sorority houses, illicit drug use, underage drinking, rape prevention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Alcoholic Intoxication, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Rape, Students, Universities, Confidence Intervals, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio

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