@article{ref1,
title="Associations among sexual assault history, alcohol use, blackouts, and blackout intentions among college women",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2024",
author="López, Gabriela and Merrill, Jennifer E. and Ward, Rose Marie",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Links between alcohol-induced blackouts and sexual assault (SA) are understudied. We tested whether: (1) history of blackouts, past 30-day blackouts, and past 30-day blackout intentions would be higher among women with histories of SA relative to women without; (2) baseline history of blackouts, past 30-day blackouts, and blackout intentions would predict an increase in SA severity (i.e., a continuous variable that considers SA tactic type and assault frequency) at a one-year follow-up. <br><br>METHODS: 1721 undergraduate women completed a baseline survey and 313 completed the follow-up. <br><br>RESULTS: Women with SA history had 2.10 higher odds of history of blackouts, 1.47 higher odds of past 30-day blackout during &quot;one&quot; drinking episode, 1.78 higher odds of blackout during a &quot;few&quot; drinking episodes, 3.21 higher odds of blackout during &quot;most/all&quot; drinking episodes, and 1.54 higher odds of blackout intentions in the last 30-days. Longitudinally, history of blackouts and past 30-day blackouts at baseline were associated with an increase in SA severity at follow-up, when peak drinks were not controlled. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Longitudinal findings provide some evidence that lifetime history of blackouts and past 30-day blackouts are significant predictors of an increase in SA severity at follow-up and therefore an essential target for interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2023.2299415",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2023.2299415"
}