Citation

Messman-Moore TL, Ward RM, DeNardi KA. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(4): 449-464.

Affiliation

1Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213487058

PMID

23651639

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.

Language: en