A preliminary investigation of alcohol use during trauma and peritraumatic reactions in female sexual assault victims.
The purpose of these analyses was to investigate the association between reported alcohol use during a sexual assault and perceptions of assault severity and physical and emotional peritraumatic reactions. Self-report data were collected on 57 sexually assaulted college women. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that perception of assault severity mediated the relationship between alcohol use and peritraumatic physical reactions.
Clum
Gretchen A
GA
Center for Trauma Recovery, University of Missouri, St Louis, 63121-4499, USA. gclum1@jhmi.edu
Nishith
Pallavi
P
Calhoun
Karen S
KS
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D040921:Stress Disorders, Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*