Sexual assault prevention programs Current issues, future directions, and the potential efficacy of interventions with women

Yeater, Elizabeth A.; O’Donohue, William

doi:10.1016/s0272-7358(98)00075-0

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“…Prevention efforts may also be particularly important for female adolescents who have already experienced child maltreatment or sexual assault, and those who are exhibiting high-risk sexual behaviors. Prevention strategies may include assertiveness training (Classen, Field, Koopman, Nevill-Manning, & Spiegel, 2001), identifying high-risk interpersonal situations, focusing on self-protection (e.g., increasing physical defense skills), and developing problem-solving and communication skills around making sexual decisions (Marx, Calhoun, Wilson, & Meyerson, 2001;Yeater & O'Donohue, 1999). Women may also benefit from information on how the psychological effects of childhood victimization (e.g., feelings of self-blame and guilt) may influence their sexual self-esteem and selfprotective behaviors, thereby putting them at a higher risk for revictimization.…”

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Sexual Revictimization: The Role of Sexual Self-Esteem and Dysfunctional Sexual Behaviors

2006

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Disproportionately high rates of sexual revictimization have been noted among former victims of child sexual abuse (CSA), yet researchers have yet to determine the source of this apparent vulnerability to reexperience sexual violence. This study explores this issue by examining sexual self-esteem, sexual concerns, and sexual behaviors among 402 university women. Compared to women without a history of CSA (n = 348), women with a history of CSA (n = 54) had lower sexual self-esteem, poorer sexual adjustment, and were 2 times more likely to have experienced sexual assault since the age of 14 years. Structural equation modeling indicated that the relationship between child abuse (i.e., CSA and child psychological maltreatment) and sexual revictimization was partially mediated by sexual self-esteem, sexual concerns, and high-risk sexual behaviors. This study emphasizes the need for further research on child maltreatment, revictimization, and women’s sexual adjustment.

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confidence: 99%

Sexual Revictimization: The Role of Sexual Self-Esteem and Dysfunctional Sexual Behaviors

2006

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“…There appears to be equivocation on whether mixed gender or single gender date rape prevention programs are most effective. Some researchers believe that mixed gender programs give men inappropriate information such as the low level of prosecution for date rape (Brecklin & Forde, 2001;Yeater & O'Donohue, 1999) and that coeducational settings may be threatening to men and may discourage them from participation (Brecklin & Forde, 2001;Ring & Kilmartin, 1992). …”

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The Effect of Young Adult Literature on Adolescents' Rape Myth Acceptance

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“…25 Experts have suggested that future research address the critical question of whether alcohol consumption itself decreases a woman's ability to detect risk of sexual assault. 20,26 We addressed this issue using a laboratory analogue for risk detection in naturalistic situations in which we assessed women's latency in detecting threatening stimuli using an audiotape vignette.…”

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Alcohol's Effects on Women's Risk Detection in a Date-Rape Vignette

Loiselle

Fuqua

2007

Journal of American College Health

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Abstract.Researchers have established that alcohol is a risk factor for date rape for both victims and perpetrators. Objective: The authors tried to experimentally address the link between alcohol consumption and women's risk detection abilities in a risky sexual vignette. Participants: The authors recruited 42 women from undergraduate classrooms at a large midwestern university and randomly assigned them to drink an alcoholic (.04 blood alcohol content) or a placebo beverage. Methods: Participants completed self-report inventories and listened to a date-rape audiotaped vignette, which began with consensual sexual behavior and culminated in date rape, and the authors asked them to determine if and when the man should refrain from making further sexual advances. Results: Student's t tests and Pearson r correlations showed that women who consumed alcohol and exhibited high levels of rape myth acceptance showed a significant decrease in risk recognition (p = .000 and .001, respectively). Conclusion: These findings highlight the significance of even small amounts of alcohol on behavior and cognition in women who are self-reported experienced drinkers.Keywords: alcohol consumption, intoxication, rape, risk detection, sexual assault, women's perceptions ape is the sexual penetration of a person against his or her will by the use of force, by the threat of force, by verbal coercion, or by the inability to consent because of the impaired mental status or age of the victim.1 The lifetime prevalence of sexual assault for women in the general population is estimated to be between 13% and 25%.2 Benson et al 3 estimated that 1 in 4 college-aged women has been the victim of a rape; 84% of victims knew their assailants, and 57% of these assaults occurred while on dates. The prevalence of date rape is also higher among college students than it is outside of college communities. Women aged 16 to 24 years are in the highest risk category for date rape-more than 4 times greater than any other group.

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Sexual assault prevention programs Current issues, future directions, and the potential efficacy of interventions with women

Cited by 120 publications

References 75 publications

Sexual Revictimization: The Role of Sexual Self-Esteem and Dysfunctional Sexual Behaviors

Sexual Revictimization: The Role of Sexual Self-Esteem and Dysfunctional Sexual Behaviors

The Effect of Young Adult Literature on Adolescents' Rape Myth Acceptance

Alcohol's Effects on Women's Risk Detection in a Date-Rape Vignette

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