Alcohol's Effects on Women's Risk Detection in a Date-Rape Vignette

Researchers have established that alcohol is a risk factor for date rape for both victims and perpetrators. Objective: The authors tried to experimentally address the link between alcohol consumption and women's risk detection abilities in a risky sexual vignette. Participants: The authors recr...

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Published in:Journal of American college health 2007-03, Vol.55 (5), p.261-266
Main Authors: Loiselle, Marci, Fuqua, Wayne R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol consumption
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol use
Alcoholic Intoxication - psychology
At Risk Persons
Cognitive Ability
College students
Control Groups
Date rape
Dating (Social)
Decision Making
Drinking
Female
Females
Humans
intoxication
Men
Perception
Rape
Rape - psychology
Risk
Risk Assessment
risk detection
Risk perception
Sex crimes
sexual assault
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexuality
Studies
Undergraduate Students
Victims of Crime
Women
women's perceptions
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Summary:Researchers have established that alcohol is a risk factor for date rape for both victims and perpetrators. Objective: The authors tried to experimentally address the link between alcohol consumption and women's risk detection abilities in a risky sexual vignette. Participants: The authors recruited 42 women from undergraduate classrooms at a large midwestern university and randomly assigned them to drink an alcoholic (.04 blood alcohol content) or a placebo beverage. Methods: Participants completed self-report inventories and listened to a date-rape audiotaped vignette, which began with consensual sexual behavior and culminated in date rape, and the authors asked them to determine if and when the man should refrain from making further sexual advances. Results: Student's t tests and Pearson r correlations showed that women who consumed alcohol and exhibited high levels of rape myth acceptance showed a significant decrease in risk recognition (p = .000 and .001, respectively). Conclusion: These findings highlight the significance of even small amounts of alcohol on behavior and cognition in women who are self-reported experienced drinkers.
ISSN:0744-8481
1940-3208
DOI:10.3200/JACH.55.5.261-266