Men's Alcohol Use and Perpetration of Sexual Aggression

描述（由申请人提供）：大学生中性侵害和性犯罪的比率仍然高得令人不安。酒精在这些事件中占很大比例，大量饮酒模式与受害者和肇事者都有关。我们对酒精和性侵犯的了解大多是基于对女性受害者的研究。迄今为止，有限数量的自然主义研究考虑了男性饮酒对性侵犯行为的影响。两项针对男性的研究被提议来解决这一差距。首先，我们以大学新生为样本（N = 1700），研究在接下来的两年里，男性的酒精消费是否能预测性侵犯行为的发生。接下来，使用子样本（N = 200），我们将考虑在8周内，饮酒发作与性侵犯行为之间的日常或时间关系。我们假设酒精-性侵犯行为的关系受到几个个体差异变量的调节，如与性有关的酒精预期、对女性的敌意和行为自我控制。这些调节因子将在远端，预期水平和近端，日常水平考虑。这些研究的结果将使用创新的方法，为酒精在男性性侵犯中的作用提供重要的新知识。此外，研究结果可以帮助制定针对男性饮酒的有效的性侵犯预防计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rates of sexual victimization and perpetration among college students remain disturbingly high. Alcohol is present in a large proportion of these incidents and heavy drinking patterns have been associated with both victimization and perpetration. Much of what is known about alcohol and sexual aggression is based on studies of female victims. To date, a limited amount of naturalistic research has considered the impact of men's alcohol consumption on perpetration of sexual aggression. Two studies of men are proposed to address this gap. First, using a sample of college freshmen males (N = 1700) we will examine whether men's alcohol consumption prospectively predicts sexual aggression perpetration over the next two years of college. Next, using a subsample (N = 200), we will consider the daily or temporal relationship, over 8 weeks, between episodes of alcohol consumption and sexually aggressive behavior. We hypothesize that the alcohol-sexual aggression perpetration relationship is moderated by several individual differences variables, such as sex- related alcohol expectancies, hostility toward women, and behavioral self-control. These moderators will be considered both at the distal, prospective level and at the proximal, daily level. Findings from these studies will provide significant new knowledge about the role of alcohol in men's perpetration of sexual aggression, using innovative methods. Moreover, findings can aid in the development of efficacious sexual aggression prevention programs that target men's alcohol consumption. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Much of what is known about alcohol and sexual aggression perpetration is based on studies of female victims, with few naturalistic studies examining men's sexually aggressive behaviors. We propose a prospective study and a daily process study to examine both the distal and proximal effects of men's alcohol consumption on their perpetration of sexual aggression. Study findings can aid in the development of efficacious sexual aggression prevention programs that target men's alcohol consumption.