Precollege Predictors of Incapacitated Rape Among Female Students in Their First Year of College

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dc.contributor.authorCarey, Kate B., Durney, Sarah E., Shepardson, Robyn L., & Carey, Michael P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T20:13:08Z
dc.date.available2018-01-30T20:13:08Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractObjective: The first year of college is an important transitional period for young adults; it is also a period associated with elevated risk of incapacitated rape (IR) for female students. The goal of this study was to identify prospective risk factors associated with experiencing attempted or completed IR during the first year of college. Method: Using a prospective cohort design, we recruited 483 incoming first-year female students. Participants completed a baseline survey and three follow-up surveys over the next year. At baseline, we assessed precollege alcohol use, marijuana use, sexual behavior, and, for the subset of sexually experienced participants, sex-related alcohol expectancies. At the baseline and all follow-ups, we assessed sexual victimization. Results: Approximately 1 in 6 women (18%) reported IR before entering college, and 15% reported IR during their first year of college. In bivariate analyses, precollege IR history, precollege heavy episodic drinking, number of precollege sexual partners, and sex-related alcohol expectancies (enhancement and disinhibition) predicted first-year IR. In multivariate analyses with the entire sample, only precollege IR (odds ratio = 4.98, p < .001) remained a significant predictor. However, among the subset of sexually experienced participants, both enhancement expectancies and precollege IR predicted IR during the study year. Conclusions: IR during the first year of college is independently associated with a history of IR and with expectancies about alcohol’s enhancement of sexual experience. Alcohol expectancies are a modifiable risk factor that may be a promising target for prevention efforts. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationCarey, Kate B., Durney, Sarah E., Shepardson, Robyn L., & Carey, Michael P. (2015). Precollege Predictors of Incapacitated Rape Among Female Students in Their First Year of College. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(6), 829–837.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712653/pdf/jsad.2015.76.829.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3709
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugsen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectsexual assaulten_US
dc.subjectviolence against womenen_US
dc.subjectyoung adulten_US
dc.subjectuniversityen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titlePrecollege Predictors of Incapacitated Rape Among Female Students in Their First Year of Collegeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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