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Madison K. Firkey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Background: Alcohol-related sexual assault is a pressing health concern on U.S. college campuses. The unrelenting prevalence of campus sexual assault has led to a greater focus on how to empower college women to resist unwanted sexual advances within alcohol-infused contexts. Alcohol-aggression expectancies have emerged as one potential barrier to…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Aggression, Drinking
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Groff Stephens, Sara; Wilke, Dina J. – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: To examine the relationships between sexual violence experiences, inaccurate body weight perceptions, and the presence of eating disorder (ED) indicators in a sample of female US college students. Participants: Participants were 6,090 college females 25 years of age and younger. Methods: A secondary analysis of National College Health…
Descriptors: Rape, Violence, Sexuality, Correlation
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Walsh, Kate; Messman-Moore, Terri; Zerubavel, Noga; Chandley, Rachel B.; DeNardi, Kathleen A.; Walker, Dave P. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objectives: Although numerous studies have documented linkages between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and later sexual revictimization, mechanisms underlying revictimization, particularly assaults occurring in the context of substance use, are not well-understood. Consistent with Traumagenic Dynamics theory, the present study tested a path model…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Rape, Drinking, Prediction
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Reyes, H. Luz McNaughton; Foshee, Vangie A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Investigators have identified a number of factors that increase risk for physical and psychological dating abuse perpetration during adolescence, but as yet little is known about the etiology of sexual dating aggression during this critical developmental period. This is an important gap in the literature given that research suggests that patterns…
Descriptors: Prevention, Rape, Risk, Early Adolescents
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Kaysen, Debra; Rosen, Gerald; Bowman, Marilyn; Resick, Patricia A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
A dose-response model underlies posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posits a relationship between event magnitude and clinical outcome. The present study examines whether one index of event magnitude--duration of exposure--contributes to risk of PTSD among female victims of sexual assault. Findings support a small but significant contribution…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Models, Risk
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Testa, Maria; Hoffman, Joseph H.; Livingston, Jennifer A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objectives: Previous research suggests that women's early sexual victimization experiences may influence their parenting behaviors and increase the vulnerability of their children to being sexually victimized. The current study considered whether mother's sexual victimization experiences, in childhood and after age 14, were associated with the…
Descriptors: Rape, Mothers, Daughters, Graduation