Reducing Sexual Assault Risk and Alcohol Use in College Women

描述(由申请人提供)：女大学生酗酒和性侵犯的风险很高。此外，饮酒和性侵犯一直被发现是相关的，有性侵历史的女性饮酒更多，饮酒者性侵犯的风险更高。尽管研究发现酒精是性侵犯的关键风险因素，但酒精并未被列为降低性侵犯风险(SARR)计划的主要组成部分。该项目将包括2个阶段。第一阶段包括开发和试点基于网络的SAR计划，利用先前针对大学女性的SAR计划的有效组成部分，包括性侵犯教育、针对性性侵犯神话以及降低风险的战略和技能。此外，第二阶段将评估基于网络的个性化反馈酒精干预和性侵风险降低(SARR)计划(酒精+SARR)的效果，与仅限个性化反馈酒精干预的条件、仅限SARR的条件以及仅评估饮酒行为和性侵犯发生率的控制条件进行比较。其他与性侵犯相关的结果衡量标准将包括性侵犯知识、性侵犯神话、性行为前饮酒和性自信。这项研究的结果将被用于将酒精减少计划纳入SARR计划。 与公共健康相关：降低性侵风险计划对于降低大学女生的高性侵风险至关重要。更好地理解性侵犯和酒精之间的关系，以及制定包括酒精成分在内的性侵犯风险降低计划，可能会对理解性侵犯的预防和治疗产生影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): College women are at high risk for heavy drinking and sexual assault. In addition, drinking and sexual assault have consistently been found to be related, such that women with a sexual assault history drink more and women who drink are at higher risk for sexual assault. Despite the finding that alcohol is a critical risk factor for sexual assault, alcohol has not been included as a primary component in sexual assault risk reduction (SARR) programs. This project will involve 2 phases. Phase 1 includes the development and piloting of a web-based SARR program utilizing effective components of previous SARR programs for college women including sexual assault education, targeting sexual assault myths, and risk reduction strategies and skills. In addition, Phase 2 will evaluate the efficacy of a combined web-based personalized feedback alcohol intervention and sexual assault risk reduction (SARR) program (alcohol + SARR) compared to a personalized feedback alcohol intervention only condition, a SARR only condition, and an assessment only control condition on drinking behaviors and sexual assault incidence. Other sexual assault-related outcome measures will include sexual assault knowledge, sexual assault myths, alcohol use prior to sexual activity, and sexual assertiveness. The results from this study will be used to incorporate alcohol reduction programs in SARR programs. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Sexual assault risk reduction programs are essential to reducing the high risk of sexual assault for college women. A better understanding of the relationship between sexual assault and alcohol and the development of a sexual assault risk reduction program including an alcohol component has the potential to have implications for the understanding of the prevention and treatment of sexual assault.