A Longitudinal Analysis of Drinking and Victimization in College Women: Is There a Reciprocal Relationship?
A Longitudinal Analysis of Drinking and Victimization in College Women: Is There a Reciprocal Relationship?
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DOI：
10.1037/a0036283
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Bradizza, Clara M.
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作者：
Parks, Kathleen A.;Hsieh, Ya-Ping;Bradizza, Clara M.
本研究的目的是评估饮酒与严重的身体和性侵害之间的关系，对989名大学女生进行为期5年的抽样调查。参与者每年秋季学期都会完成一项基于网络的调查，从第一次入学开始，一直持续到每年5年。这项调查在评估饮酒、受害和相关协变量方面是全面的。无论女性是否继续上大学，她们都会被跟踪调查。前一年同样类型的严重受害预测了本年度的严重受害，包括严重的身体和性伤害。然而，前一年的饮酒并不能预测本年度的严重受害情况。前一年严重的性侵害预测本年度饮酒。我们的发现表明，严重的性侵害与随后的饮酒增加之间存在纵向关系，这表明女大学生饮酒可能是为了应对她们因性侵害而经历的负面后遗症。我们没有发现饮酒与严重的身体或性侵害之间存在同样的纵向关系，这表明在女大学生中，饮酒与受害之间不存在互惠关系。我们确实发现，严重的性侵害在整个大学中都有所下降，这表明大学前一年和第一年可能是进行干预以降低严重受害风险的关键时期。
The purpose of the current study was to assess the relationship between drinking and severe physical and sexual victimization in a sample of 989 college women over 5 years. Participants completed a Web-based survey each fall semester, beginning as first-time incoming freshman, and continuing each year for 5 years. The survey was comprehensive in assessing drinking, victimization, and relevant covariates. Women were followed whether they remained at university or not. Prior year same type of severe victimization predicted current year victimization, both severe physical and sexual. However, prior year drinking did not predict current year severe victimization. Prior year severe sexual victimization predicted current year drinking. Our findings of a longitudinal relationship between severe sexual victimization and subsequent increases in drinking suggests that college women may be drinking to cope with negative sequelae that they experience as a result of the victimization. We did not find the same longitudinal relationship between drinking and severe physical or sexual victimization, suggesting that a reciprocal relationship does not exist between drinking and victimization among college women. We did find that severe sexual victimization decreased across college, suggesting that the year prior to and the first year of college may be a critical period for intervening to reduce risk for severe victimization.