Building a Model to Predict Sexual Assault Victimization Frequency Among Undergraduate Women

Previous research has identified several factors, including sexual risk behaviors, alcohol consumption, sexual refusal assertiveness, impulse control difficulties, drinking to cope, and sex to cope, as being associated with sexual assault victimization. Data were collected from 465 adult, undergradu...

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Main Author: Kirwan, Mitchell (Author)
Contributors: Lanni, Daniel J. ; Nagy, Samantha ; Pickett, Scott M.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Violence against women
Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 9, Pages: 1925-1946
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
sexual risk behaviors
impulse control difficulties
sexual refusal assertiveness
Alcohol consumption
Sexual assault victimization
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Summary:Previous research has identified several factors, including sexual risk behaviors, alcohol consumption, sexual refusal assertiveness, impulse control difficulties, drinking to cope, and sex to cope, as being associated with sexual assault victimization. Data were collected from 465 adult, undergraduate women, and analyzed using structural equation modeling to determine how these variables related to one another. Results showed that together, these factors predicted 17.1% of the variance in victimization frequency. These findings may help future researchers better understand the etiology of sexual assault victimization on college campuses and prove crucial to the development of future intervention programs which reduce victimization.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012211022777