@article{ref1,
title="Women's drinking decisions in sexually risky situations: effects of a low level of intoxication",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2015",
author="Noel, Nora E. and Daniels, Karen A. and Ogle, Richard L. and Maisto, Stephen A. and Lee A, Jackson and Ehlke, Sarah J. and Carroll, Mallorie G.",
volume="47",
number="",
pages="61-65",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Alcohol administration studies assessing alcohol's deleterious effects on women's threat perception and response in potential sexual assault situations usually employ a moderate to high dose (.07% BAC or more) and measure alcohol's effects specifically on women's sexual decisions. The current study used a low dose (.03%, equivalent to about 1-2 drinks) to assess women's projected decisions on a different risky behavior: decisions to continue drinking and to drink higher amounts in a series of ecologically-valid sexual risk situations. <br><br>METHODS: Young adult women (n=17; M age=21.8, SD=1.3, range 21-25) participated in a three-session double-blind within subjects 2 (type of scenario)×3( beverage) experiment, responding each time to 6 vignettes with an attractive man who was either Familiar or had Just Met her. In each session participants consumed a beverage (alcohol, placebo or water, random order) and projected emotional reactions and drinking decisions (likelihood and amount) in each of the 6 scenarios. <br><br>RESULTS: Regardless of beverage, women predicted greater happiness, drinking likelihood, and drinking amount with &quot;Familiar&quot; men. However, there was also an interaction: they projected increased subsequent amounts in the.03% BAC (vs. water and placebo) condition differentially in the &quot;Familiar&quot; scenarios. <br><br>CONCLUSION: When the woman is Familiar with the man in a risky sexual situation, just one drink may increase subsequent projected alcohol amount over that originally intended. Implications include a low dose as a possible prime for more drinking, increasing sexual assault risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.03.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.03.022"
}