title: Explicating alcohol's role in acquaintance sexual assault: complementary perspectives and convergent findings.
abstract: This article summarizes the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 2004 meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There were four presentations and a discussant. The symposium was co-chaired by Tina Zawacki and Jeanette Norris. The first presentation was made by Jeanette Norris, who found that alcohol consumption and preexisting alcohol expectancies affected women's hypothetical responses to a vignette depicting acquaintance sexual aggression. The second presentation was made by Joel Martell, who reported that alcohol-induced impairment of executive cognitive functioning mediated the effect of intoxication on men's perceptions of a sexual assault vignette. In the third presentation, Antonia Abbey found that the experiences of women whose sexual assault involved intoxication or force were more negative than were the experiences of women whose sexual assault involved verbal coercion. The fourth presentation was made by Tina Zawacki, who reported that men who perpetrated sexual assault only in adolescence differed from men who continued perpetration into adulthood in terms of their drinking patterns and attitudes toward women. William H. George discussed these findings in terms of their implications for theory development and prevention programming.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA. tzawacki@utsa.edu
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zawacki
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbey
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martell
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Stoner
authors.forename: Kelly Cue
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Philip O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Buck
authors.forename: N Tatiana
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Masters
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McAuslan
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beshears
authors.forename: Michele R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Parkhill
authors.forename: A Monique
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Clinton-Sherrod
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*