title: The impact of sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies and risky behavior on alcohol-involved rape among college women.
abstract: A structural equation model examined sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies, heavy episodic drinking (HED), and risky sexual behavior as correlates of alcohol-involved rape in a sample of 353 college women. Prevalence of alcohol-involved rape was 15.6%. Sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies were indirectly associated with alcohol-involved rape via increased levels of HED, greater likelihood of sex while intoxicated, and number of sex partners. All forms of risky behavior were associated with alcohol-involved rape although HED had the strongest relationship. Findings suggest continued focus on women's positive alcohol expectancies and HED as risk factors for alcohol-involved rape. Implications for intervention will be discussed.
authors: Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA. messmat@miamioh.edu
authors: Terri L
authors: TL
authors: Messman-Moore
authors: Rose Marie
authors: RM
authors: Ward
authors: Kathleen A
authors: KA
authors: DeNardi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology; D012306:Risk; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
keywords: alcohol expectancies; alcohol use; heavy episodic drinking; psychosexual behavior; rape