A Prospective Analysis of Sexual Assault Perpetration

Loh, Catherine; Gidycz, Christine A.; Lobo, Tracy; Luthra, Rohini

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“…Abbey and McAuslan (2004) found that college students who perpetrated at more than one point in time were heavier drinkers than those who perpetrated only once or not at all. A third longitudinal study failed to find either a prospective or a cross-sectional relationship (Loh et al, 2005).…”

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Does Alcohol Contribute to College Men’s Sexual Assault Perpetration? Between-and Within-Person Effects Over Five Semesters

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Cleveland

2017

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The current longitudinal study was designed to consider the time-varying effects of men's heavy episodic drinking (HED) and drinking setting attendance on college sexual assault perpetration. Method: Freshman men (N = 992) were recruited in their first semester and completed online measures at the end of their first five semesters. Using multilevel models, we examined whether men with higher frequency HED (or party or bar attendance) were more likely to perpetrate sexual assault (between-person, Level 2 effect) and whether sexual assault perpetration was more likely in semesters in which HED (or party or bar attendance) was higher than each individual's average (within-person, Level 1 effect). Results: The between-person effect of HED on sexual assault was not significant after accounting for the between-person effects of antisocial behavior, impersonal sex orientation, and low self-control. The within-person effect of HED on sexual assault perpetration was not significant. However, models substituting frequency of party attendance or bar attendance revealed both between-and withinperson effects. The odds of sexual assault were increased for men with higher bar and party attendance than the sample as a whole, and in semesters in which party or bar attendance was higher than their own average. Supplemental analyses suggested that these drinking setting effects were explained by hookups, with sexual assault perpetration more likely in semesters in which the number of hookups exceeded one's own average. Conclusions: Findings point toward the importance of drinking contexts, rather than drinking per se, as predictors of college men's sexual assault perpetration. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 78, 5-13, 2017)

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Section: Effects Of Alcohol On Sexual Assault Perpetrationmentioning

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Does Alcohol Contribute to College Men’s Sexual Assault Perpetration? Between-and Within-Person Effects Over Five Semesters

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Cleveland

2017

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Sexual assault prevention programs with a specific focus on prosocial bystander intervention are important given that the majority of men are not perpetrators of sexual assault (Loh et al, 2005). Therefore, targeting men as prosocial bystanders in the fight against sexual assault may be a very meaningful and engaging form of prevention of sexual assault.…”

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Predictors of Sexual Assault–Specific Prosocial Bystander Behavior and Intentions

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This study prospectively examined the impact of men's own attitudes and behaviors and perceptions of peer attitudes and behaviors on intentions and engagement in prosocial bystander behavior. Undergraduate men completed surveys at baseline and 4-and 7-month follow-ups. Men's perceptions of peer attitudes and behaviors and their own attitudes and behaviors were both important predictors of intentions. However, men's own attitudes and behaviors appeared to be more robustly predictive of behavior. Intentions to engage in bystander behavior were not predictive of behavior. Results support two specific areas of bystander intervention programming addressing misperceptions of social norms and personal attitudes and behaviors.

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“…There is evidence that both token resistance and compliance are associated with sexual aggression and victimization (e.g., Krahé, 1998;Loh, Gidycz, Lobo, & Luthra, 2005;Shotland & Hunter, 1995). Thus, if the use of ambiguous communication strategies is part of adolescents' sexual scripts, this could enhance their vulnerability to sexual aggression or victimization.…”

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“…Several studies have highlighted the importance of attitudinal antecedents of sexual aggression, showing that sexually aggressive men are more accepting of the use of force in interpersonal relationships and of using manipulative strategies in their relationships with women (Burt, 1980;Loh et al, 2005). Based on this evidence, sexual scripts and the normative acceptance of risk elements were conceptualized as components of a wider network of permissive attitudes about sexual relationships that also includes the acceptance of coercive strategies to force a partner into unwilling sexual activities.…”

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The Role of Sexual Scripts in Sexual Aggression and Victimization

2006

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Two longitudinal studies examined German adolescents' sexual scripts in relation to the normative acceptance of sexual aggression, the behavioral enactment of risk factors, and the experience of sexual aggression/victimization. Study 1 comprised a sample of 283 10th and 11th grade high school students who completed measures of sexual scripts, normative acceptance of risk elements associated with sexual aggression, behavioral risk-taking, and normative acceptance of sexual aggression in relationships twice with a nine-month interval. General and individual scripts differed significantly in terms of the prevalence of risk elements, with individual scripts containing fewer risk elements. Normative acceptance of risk elements was linked to the enactment of risky behavior in sexual interactions and also to the normative acceptance of sexual aggression, both concurrently and over time. In Study 2, 232 12th and 13th grade students completed measures of sexual scripts and of sexual aggression or sexual victimization. Higher risk scores in the individual scripts were predictive of sexual aggression among boys and sexual victimization among girls. The findings were discussed in terms of the significance of sexual scripts as guidelines for sexual behavior.

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A Prospective Analysis of Sexual Assault Perpetration

Cited by 182 publications

References 31 publications

Does Alcohol Contribute to College Men’s Sexual Assault Perpetration? Between-and Within-Person Effects Over Five Semesters

Does Alcohol Contribute to College Men’s Sexual Assault Perpetration? Between-and Within-Person Effects Over Five Semesters

Predictors of Sexual Assault–Specific Prosocial Bystander Behavior and Intentions

The Role of Sexual Scripts in Sexual Aggression and Victimization

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