Citation

Mouilso ER, Fischer S, Calhoun KS. Violence Vict. 2012; 27(1): 78-94.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013, USA. emouilso@uga.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22455186

Abstract

This study prospectively examined the relation between alcohol use and sexual assault in a sample (N = 319) of first-year college women. Both frequency of drinking and frequency of binge drinking were measured. Over the course of their freshman year, 19.3% reported experiencing at least one sexual assault. Frequent binge drinking and frequent drinking predicted a subsequent sexual assault; however, experiencing a sexual assault did not predict changes in alcohol use. Frequent binge drinking demonstrated a stronger association with sexual assault than did frequent drinking. Findings help clarify the relation between alcohol use and sexual assault in college women and call for continued differentiation in assessment of alcohol use.

Language: en