Reflecting the Times? Reexamining the Effect of Alcohol Intoxication on Perceptions of Campus Sexual Assault

Henry, Adrienne P.; Perillo, Anthony D.; Reitz-Krueger, Cristina L.; Perillo, Jennifer T.

doi:10.1177/10778012211005559

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“…Although men typically engage in higher levels of general victim-blaming behaviors than do women (Henry et al, 2022;van der Bruggen & Grubb, 2014), there are exceptions (Culda et al, 2018;Wentz & Archbold, 2012) and prior studies of hindsight bias in sexual assault did not report significant gender differences in the extent of hindsight bias specifically. Further, gender imbalances in a sample are not uncommon in vignette-based sexual assault research (e.g., Henry et al, 2022;Maurer, 2016;Maurer & Robinson, 2008), which facilitates comparisons with prior studies, although it limits the generalizability of the results. Future investigations with more gender-balanced, non-college samples are necessary.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Alcohol use by the victim, perpetrator, or both is a common feature in sexual assault vignettes (Gravelin et al, 2019). Results from the literature have frequently-but not universally (Henry et al, 2022)-documented that intoxicated male perpetrators of sexual assaults are blamed less than sober male perpetrators, yet intoxicated female victims are actually blamed more than sober female victims (Celniker et al, 2022;Finch & Munro, 2005;Romero-Sanchez et al, 2012). The typical explanation for this finding is that individuals assume that women's alcohol use can be interpreted as a proxy for sexual intent (Farris et al, 2008;Lindgren et al, 2009;Pegram et al, 2018), which increases their responsibility for the outcome.…”

Section: The Influence Of Alcohol Use On Victim-blamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Hindsight bias in perceptions of sexual assault

Maurer¹

2023

FSR

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TRACT. This investigation explored hindsight bias in college students’ perceptions of sexual assault. Participants read a vignette about a man and woman who met at a party with the conditions varied across the vignettes: the alcohol use of the characters, the outcome of the vignette, and in the rape outcome, the victim’s actions after the assault. Hindsight bias was assessed using both the posttest-only method and the pretest/posttest method and for both the outcome of the vignette and post-outcome events. Results revealed significant evidence for the existence of hindsight bias with the pretest/posttest method. Additionally, results revealed some evidence for hindsight bias contamination in perceptions of vignette characters, but in ways contrary to those predicted by the Defensive Attribution Hypothesis (Shaver, 1970).

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Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: The Influence Of Alcohol Use On Victim-blamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hindsight bias in perceptions of sexual assault

Maurer¹

2023

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“…Finally, we note that some literature which applies to distal predicators of SA bystander outcomes may not have been included in this review. For example, there are studies done with college students which examine blame attribution and alcohol intoxication of the victim and perpetrator (e.g., Henry et al, 2022) yet do not connect these to bystander behaviors or any proximal predictors such as bystander intentions. Often the term “bystander” is not used in the manuscript at all.…”

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Alcohol’s Role in Campus Sexual Assault Bystander Behavior: A Systematic Review

Rizzo

Klein

Scaglione

2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Between 50% and 70% of campus sexual assaults (SA) involve alcohol and campuses frequently promote bystander intervention strategies to prevent SA in student party contexts. This systematic review evaluates the measurement and outcomes of quantitative studies on how alcohol affects campus SA bystander outcomes. Using four search strategies and rigorous systematic review methods, we conducted a review of 36 studies. We included studies published after 2,000 conducted with college students in the United States, its territories, and Canada which contained information on alcohol use and SA bystander outcomes (behaviors and upstream proxies). Only a third of included studies measured bystander behavior directly, the majority measured upstream proxies (e.g., intentions, self-efficacy). Most studies considered the influence of victim intoxication on bystander outcomes. No studies assessed the pharmacological or physiological effects of alcohol on bystander outcomes. A single study examined hypothetical bystander responses when intoxicated, one-third examined bystander’s typical alcohol use in relation to bystander outcomes. Many findings are contradictory, including fundamental details such as how often students encounter SA involving alcohol or whether bystanders’ alcohol use predicts outcomes. Findings suggest that students are less likely help intoxicated victims compared to sober victims, but there are clear moderating factors. Perpetrator intoxication was not studied in relation to bystander behavior and did not influence any upstream proxies. Evaluations of interventions on alcohol and bystander topics are promising yet more research is required. This review illuminates key gaps in the literature, including the need for validated measures and scenarios, event-level studies, and alcohol administration trials.

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“…In the past five years, the problem of sexual abuse has attracted social scientists from different regions of the world including India. Many studies (Choudhury and Deb, 2018; Tarzia et al , 2018; Nieder et al , 2019; John, 2020; Borumandnia, 2020; Dash, 2021; Dworkin, 2021; Vinnakota et al , 2021; Gómez, 2022; Chopin et al , 2022; Henry et al , 2022) related to sexual abuse have been done and are being done in India and outside of India. According to these studies, the cases of sexual abuse are increasing very fast in the society.…”

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Sexual abuse and its impact on the well-being of women: evidence from India

Patel

2023

JAP

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Purpose Women are being victimized sexually everywhere today, whether it is at home or office. Women are targeted for molestation, eve-teasing, and rape and sometimes they are murdered after rape. The objective of the present study is to understand the trend of sexual abuse in the socio-cultural context of India. The study aims to examine the relationship between the victim woman and the perpetrator and the impact of sexual abuse on the well-being of women. Design/methodology/approach The study applies the content analysis method for collecting data and conducting research. The data for this study were collected from June 2020 to November 2020. The sample cases for the current study were gathered manually by reading each and every news section that was published on sexual abuse in the various newspapers and magazines that were referenced in the introduction. Findings The study has found that women are mostly targeted for sexual abuse by known persons. The study has also found that girls between 6 and 15 years of age have suffered most from sexual abuse. Moreover, the study has pointed out that sexual abuse has a negative impact on women such as sometimes women commit suicide after sexual abuse, face psychological problems and sometimes they are, and their family members are threatened. Incidents of sexual abuse are affecting the mental happiness of women and an environment of fear is being created for women in society. Originality/value This is an original work of the author. The research work is based on content analysis that examines the nature and impact of sexual abuse among women in society by using socio-cultural perspective.

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Reflecting the Times? Reexamining the Effect of Alcohol Intoxication on Perceptions of Campus Sexual Assault

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Hindsight bias in perceptions of sexual assault

Hindsight bias in perceptions of sexual assault

Alcohol’s Role in Campus Sexual Assault Bystander Behavior: A Systematic Review

Sexual abuse and its impact on the well-being of women: evidence from India

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