Physically forced, alcohol-induced, and verbally coerced sexual victimization: Assessing risk factors among university women
✍ Scribed by Cortney A. Franklin
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0047-2352
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✦ Synopsis
Using survey responses from a sample of 185 college women enrolled at a large northwestern university, this study identified the various risk factors related to three different forms of verbally and physically coercive sexual victimization. Three logistic regression models were estimated and findings indicated that (1) more sexual partners and delays in responding to danger in sexual settings significantly increased the odds of experiencing unwanted sex as a result of verbal coercion, (2) an increased number of sex partners significantly increased the odds of experiencing alcohol-induced sexual assault, and (3) an increased number of sex partners and affiliation with the university Greek system significantly increased the odds of experiencing completed rape. Future research directions and policy implications are discussed.