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. 2018 Nov 5;9(1):1539059.
doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1539059. eCollection 2018.

But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway

Helene Flood Aakvaag  1 , Ida Frugård Strøm  1 , Siri Thoresen  1
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But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway

Helene Flood Aakvaag et al. Eur J Psychotraumatol. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish, Chinese

Background: Sexual assault often occurs when victims are intoxicated. Rape myth research indicates that intoxicated assaults are sometimes seen as less severe or not as 'real' assaults; however, it is unclear if victims of intoxicated sexual assaults differ from victims of non-intoxicated assaults in terms of health and functioning. Objective: We investigated possible differences in mental health, social support and loneliness between intoxicated and non-intoxicated sexual assault victims. Methods: Participants were 1011 young adults (505 exposed to childhood violence and 506 non-exposed) selected from a community telephone survey (T1), and a follow-up survey 12-18 months later (T2). Analyses include one-way ANOVA with Tamhane post hoc tests. Results: There were no significant differences in mental health, social support and loneliness between victims of intoxicated and non-intoxicated sexual assault, although both groups differed significantly from those who did not report sexual assault. Conclusions: These results indicate that intoxicated sexual assaults are no less clinically important than non-intoxicated assaults.

Antecedentes: La agresión sexual a menudo ocurre cuando las víctimas están intoxicadas. La investigación acerca del mito de la violación indica que las agresiones intoxicadas son a veces vistas como menos severas o no como agresiones ‘reales’; sin embargo, no está claro si las víctimas de agresiones sexuales intoxicadas difieren de las víctimas de agresiones no intoxicadas en términos de salud y funcionamiento.Objetivo: Investigamos posibles diferencias en salud mental, apoyo social y soledad entre víctimas de agresiones sexuales intoxicadas y no intoxicadas.Métodos: Los participantes fueron 1,011 adultos jóvenes (505 expuestos a violencia en la infancia y 506 no expuestos) seleccionados de una encuesta telefónica comunitaria (T1), y de una encuesta de seguimiento 12-18 meses después (T2). Los análisis incluyen ANOVA de una dirección con tests post hoc Tamhane.Resultados: No hubo diferencias significativas en salud mental, apoyo social y soledad entre las víctimas de agresiones sexuales intoxicadas y no intoxicadas, aunque ambos grupos difirieron significativamente de quienes no reportaron agresiones sexuales.Conclusiones: Estos resultados indican que las agresiones sexuales intoxicadas no son menos importantes clínicamente que las agresiones no intoxicadas.

背景： 当受害者醉酒时，经常会发生性侵犯。强奸研究表明，醉酒后侵犯有时被看作不那么严重或不是‘真正的’侵犯。但是，还不清楚醉酒性侵犯的受害者是否与非醉酒侵犯的受害者在健康和功能方面有差异。目的： 我们调查了醉酒和非醉酒性侵犯受害者之间在心理健康、社会支持和孤独感方面可能存在的差异。方法： 从社区电话调查（T1）中选出的1011名年轻人（505名遭遇过儿童期暴力，506名未暴露）参加研究和12-18个月后的随访调查（T2）。分析包括单因素方差分析和Tamhane事后检验。结果： 醉酒和非醉酒性侵犯受害者的心理健康、社会支持和孤独感没有显着差异，尽管两组与未报告性侵犯的人有显著差异。结论： 这些结果表明，与非醉酒的侵犯相比，醉酒后性侵犯在临床上同等重要。.

Keywords: Sexual assault; alcohol-related rape; intoxicated sexual assault; loneliness; mental health; social support; • Victims of intoxicated and non-intoxicated sexual assault did not differ in terms of mental health, social support and loneliness.• Victims had more mental health symptoms than non-victims.• Clinicians should focus on sexual assault regardless of victim intoxication..

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