Citation

McCauley J, Ruggiero KJ, Resnick HS, Conoscenti LM, Kilpatrick DG. Addict. Behav. 2009; 34(5): 458-462.

Affiliation

National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, P.O. Box 250852, 165 Cannon Street, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.12.004

PMID

19162407

Abstract

This is the first study to examine the relation between rape and substance use problems in college women as a function of three legally recognized forms of rape: forcible, incapacitated, and substance-facilitated rape. Data were collected via structured telephone interview with a large national sample of college women aged 18-34 years (n=1980). Lifetime prevalence of any type of rape was 11.3% in the sample. Prevalence estimates for binge drinking and substance abuse were 15.8% and 19.8%, respectively. Lifetime experience of incapacitated rape and drug-alcohol facilitated rape, but not forcible rape, were associated with increased odds of past-year binge drinking and substance abuse. Findings have implications for secondary prevention and call for continued differentiation in assessment of rape type.

Language: en