Problematic alcohol use and sexting as risk factors for sexual assault among college women.
J Am Coll Health
; 66(7): 553-560, 2018 10.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29405894
ABSTRACT
Sexual assault is a major public health concern and college women are four times more likely to experience sexual assault than any other group. We investigated whether sexting is a mechanism by which alcohol use increases risk for college women to be targeted for sexual assault. We hypothesized that sexting would mediate the relationship between problem drinking and sexual assault, such that drinking (T1 = beginning fall semester) would contribute to increased sexting (T2 = end fall semester), and in turn increase the risk of being targeted for sexual assault (T3 = end spring semester). Results:
Among 332 undergraduate women (M(SD)age = 19.15(1.69), 76.9% Caucasian), sexting (T2) predicted sexual assault (T3; b = 3.98, p = .05), controlling for baseline sexual assault (b = 0.82, p < .01). Further, sexting (T2) mediated the relationship between problem drinking (T1) and sexual assault (T3) (b = 0.04, CI[.004,.12]).Conclusion:
Findings suggest that sexting is one mechanism through which drinking increases the risk of college women being targeted for sexual assault.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Sexual
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Delitos Sexuais
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Estudantes
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Intoxicação Alcoólica
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Envio de Mensagens de Texto
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Am Coll Health
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos