Partner Pressure, Victimization History, and Alcohol: Women's Condom-Decision Abdication Mediated by Mood and Anticipated Negative Partner Reaction.
Highly intoxicated versus sober women were evaluated using multi-group path analyses to test the hypothesis that sexual victimization history would interact with partner pressure to forgo condom use, resulting in greater condom-decision abdication-letting the man decide whether or not to use a condom. After beverage administration, community women (n = 408) projected themselves into a scenario depicting a male partner exerting high or low pressure for unprotected sex. Mood, anticipated negative reactions from the partner, and condom-decision abdication were assessed. In both control and alcohol models, high pressure increased anticipated negative partner reaction, and positive mood was associated with increased abdication. In the alcohol model, victimization predicted abdication via anticipated negative partner reaction, and pressure decreased positive mood and abdication. In the control model, under high pressure, victimization history severity was positively associated with abdication. Findings implicate condom-decision abdication as an important construct in understanding how women's sexual victimization histories may exert sustained impact on sexual interactions.
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. bgeorge@uw.edu.
William H
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George
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kelly Cue
KC
Davis
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
N Tatiana
NT
Masters
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Kelly F
KF
Kajumulo
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Cynthia A
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Stappenbeck
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jeanette
J
Norris
Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Julia R
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Heiman
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Jennifer M
JM
Staples
D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003068:Coercion; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012938:Social Perception; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology*; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult
Alcohol; Condom decision abdication; Partner pressure; Sexual victimization