Does change in binge drinking reduce risk of repeat sexual assault victimization?: evidence from three cohorts of freshman undergraduate women

Many college students who experience sexual assault experience subsequent (i.e., repeat) sexual assault incidents. There is also an established relationship between sexual assault and binge drinking. The “once bitten, twice shy” (OBTS) hypothesis suggests that those who experience alcohol- or drug-r...

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Main Author: Butler, Leah C. (Author)
Contributors: Fisher, Bonnie S. 1959- (Other) ; Reyns, Bradford W. 1979- (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2022, Volume: 68, Issue: 3, Pages: 357-380
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Keywords:
sexual assault
Repeat victimization
Binge drinking
Recurring victims
Freshmen undergraduates
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Summary:Many college students who experience sexual assault experience subsequent (i.e., repeat) sexual assault incidents. There is also an established relationship between sexual assault and binge drinking. The “once bitten, twice shy” (OBTS) hypothesis suggests that those who experience alcohol- or drug-related (AOD) sexual assault would reduce how frequently they binge drink in an effort to avoid repeat victimization. We test this hypothesis by analyzing two years of survey data collected from a panel of three cohorts of freshmen women. Supportive of OBTS, our analyses reveal that students who experienced an AOD-related sexual assault at time 1 only reduced the number of days they binge drank from time 1 to time 2 and that this change significantly differed from repeat victims. Implications for efforts to reduce sexual victimization against college women are discussed.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128720978734