Citation

Kirwan M, Lanni DJ, Nagy S, Pickett SM. Violence Against Women 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/10778012211022777

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Previous research has identified several factors, including sexual risk behaviors, alcohol consumption, sexual refusal assertiveness, impulse control difficulties, drinking to cope, and sex to cope, as being associated with sexual assault victimization. Data were collected from 465 adult, undergraduate women, and analyzed using structural equation modeling to determine how these variables related to one another.

RESULTS showed that together, these factors predicted 17.1% of the variance in victimization frequency. These findings may help future researchers better understand the etiology of sexual assault victimization on college campuses and prove crucial to the development of future intervention programs which reduce victimization.

Keywords: Violence Against Women

Language: en

Keywords

alcohol consumption; impulse control difficulties; sexual assault victimization; sexual refusal assertiveness; sexual risk behaviors