The Effect of Alcohol and Masculinity on Sexual Aggression in Young Adult Men

酒精和男子气概对年轻成年男性性侵犯的影响

• 批准号: 10108854
• 负责人: Tiffany Lynn Marcantonio
• 金额: $ 3.37万
• 依托单位: INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-03-13 至 2022-03-12
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10108854
• 关键词: Effect; Alcohol; Masculinity; Sexual; Aggression

PROJECT SUMMARY The proposed fellowship is designed to prepare the PI for a career as a public health scientist examining the interplay of alcohol and personality constructs in predicting sexual aggression with the intention of translating this work into interventions. To accomplish this goal, the training plan focuses on developing expertise in the following domains: 1) understanding mechanisms that create a bidirectional relationship between alcohol use and sexual aggression, 2) modeling and measuring alcohol intoxication in the laboratory, 3) conducting experimental paradigms that model and measure real life behavioral experiences of young men (e.g., sexual aggression), and 4) disseminating findings to other researchers and those working within the larger community. To achieve these competencies and further her academic training, the PI will have intensive mentorship, training, and consultation with her Sponsor, Dr. Kristen Jozkowski, Co-Sponsor, Dr. Lindsay Ham, and mentor, Dr. Dominic Parrott. The PI will also work on her proposed project to understand if men who are intoxicated and have their masculinity threatened will respond with sexual aggression. Previous alcohol administration research indicates that men who are intoxicated are more likely to engage in sexually aggressive behaviors compared to men who are sober. Research using experimental paradigms to manipulate masculinity have also established men are more likely to be aggressive when they feel their masculinity is threatened. However, no study has examined the combined effects of alcohol intoxication and threats to masculinity on proclivity to engage in sexual aggression. The previous research conducted with both constructs would suggest that men who are intoxicated and have their masculinity threatened would be more likely to engage in sexual aggression than those who are sober and threatened; we aim to test this hypothesis via a survey and an in-person alcohol administration study. The survey will consist of a medical screener and assessments of the aforementioned constructs (n=400 men, ages 21-30). We plan to assess the moderating role of masculinity on drinking behaviors with sexual aggression. For the alcohol administration study, [young men (n=130, ages 21-30)] recruited through the screener will be randomly assigned to either ingest alcohol (target BAC .08%) or remain sober. Participants will move through two paradigms: 1) that challenges masculinity (Gender Threat Paradigm) and 2) provides men an opportunity to engage in a proxy to sexual aggression (Sexual Imposition Paradigm). In line with NIAAA's mission to include environmental factors to inform prevention, this study serves as an important step in understanding male-to-female alcohol interactions that can increase risk of sexual aggression. This information would be valuable for understanding the causal chain that could increase men's risk of sexual aggression and inform prevention programs.

项目摘要 拟议的奖学金旨在为PI作为公共卫生科学家的职业生涯做好准备 研究酒精和人格结构在预测性侵犯中的相互作用， 将这项工作转化为干预措施。为了实现这一目标，培训计划重点 在以下领域发展专门知识：1）了解建立 酒精使用和性侵犯之间的双向关系，2）建模和测量 酒精中毒在实验室，3）进行实验范式，模型和测量 年轻人的真实的生活行为经历（例如，性侵犯），以及4）传播调查结果， 其他研究人员和那些在更大的社区工作的人。为了实现这些能力， 进一步她的学术培训，PI将有密集的指导，培训和咨询， 她赞助人Kristen Jozkowski博士、共同赞助人林赛汉姆博士和导师多米尼克帕罗特博士。 PI还将致力于她提出的项目，以了解如果男人谁是喝醉了，并有他们的 男子气概受到威胁就会以性侵犯来回应既往酒精管理研究 表明醉酒的男性更有可能进行性侵犯行为 与清醒的人相比利用实验范式操纵男性气质的研究 研究还表明，当男性觉得自己的男子气概 威胁。然而，没有研究探讨酒精中毒和威胁的综合影响， 性侵犯倾向的男性特征先前的研究对两者进行了研究， 这些概念表明，喝醉酒的男人，他们的男子气概受到威胁， 比那些清醒和受到威胁的人更有可能从事性侵犯;我们的目标是测试 这一假设通过一项调查和一个人的酒精管理研究。调查将包括一个 对上述结构进行医学筛查和评估（n=400名男性，年龄21-30岁）。我们计划 探讨男性气质在饮酒行为与性攻击行为之间的调节作用。为 酒精给药研究，[年轻男性（n=130，年龄21-30）]将通过筛选招募 随机分配摄入酒精（目标BAC 0.08%）或保持清醒。参与者将移动 通过两种范式：1）挑战男性气质（性别威胁范式）和2）为男性提供 一个参与性侵犯代理的机会（性强加范式）。符合 NIAAA的使命是将环境因素纳入预防信息，这项研究是一项 了解男性与女性酒精相互作用的重要一步，可以增加性行为的风险 侵略这些信息对于理解可能增加的因果链很有价值。 男性遭受性侵犯的风险，并为预防方案提供信息。