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. 2013 Apr;19(4):449-64.
doi: 10.1177/1077801213487058. Epub 2013 May 6.

The impact of sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies and risky behavior on alcohol-involved rape among college women

Terri L Messman-Moore  1 , Rose Marie Ward, Kathleen A DeNardi
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The impact of sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies and risky behavior on alcohol-involved rape among college women

Terri L Messman-Moore et al. Violence Against Women. 2013 Apr.

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.

Keywords: alcohol expectancies; alcohol use; heavy episodic drinking; psychosexual behavior; rape.

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