title: A preliminary investigation of alcohol use during trauma and peritraumatic reactions in female sexual assault victims.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Trauma Recovery, University of Missouri, St Louis, 63121-4499, USA. gclum1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Gretchen A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Clum
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nishith
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Calhoun
mesh_terms: 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*