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Explicating Alcohol's Role in Acquaintance Sexual Assault: Complementary Perspectives and Convergent Findings
Author(s) -
Zawacki Tina,
Norris Jeanette,
George William H.,
Abbey Antonia,
Martell Joel,
Stoner Susan A.,
Davis Kelly Cue,
Buck Philip O.,
Masters N Tatiana,
McAuslan Pamela,
Beshears Renee,
Parkhill Michele R.,
ClintonSherrod A Monique
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1097/01.alc.0000153552.38409.a6
Subject(s) - vignette , psychology , presentation (obstetrics) , alcohol intoxication , sexual assault , aggression , sexual coercion , suicide prevention , injury prevention , poison control , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , radiology
This article summarizes the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 2004 meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. There were four presentations and a discussant. The symposium was co‐chaired by Tina Zawacki and Jeanette Norris. The first presentation was made by Jeanette Norris, who found that alcohol consumption and preexisting alcohol expectancies affected women's hypothetical responses to a vignette depicting acquaintance sexual aggression. The second presentation was made by Joel Martell, who reported that alcohol‐induced impairment of executive cognitive functioning mediated the effect of intoxication on men's perceptions of a sexual assault vignette. In the third presentation, Antonia Abbey found that the experiences of women whose sexual assault involved intoxication or force were more negative than were the experiences of women whose sexual assault involved verbal coercion. The fourth presentation was made by Tina Zawacki, who reported that men who perpetrated sexual assault only in adolescence differed from men who continued perpetration into adulthood in terms of their drinking patterns and attitudes toward women. William H. George discussed these findings in terms of their implications for theory development and prevention programming.