ArticlePsychology of violence2019
Do Men Use More Sexually Aggressive Tactics When Intoxicated? A Within-Person Examination of Naturally Occurring Episodes of Sex.
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- Risk and Protective Factors for Men's Sexual Violence Against Women at Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Review of the Longitudinal Evidence.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2022Pooled it
- The Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression in the Context of Acute Intoxication and State Emotion Regulation.Violence and victims · 2024Trial
- Power-Related Emotions, Alcohol Intoxication, and Nonconsensual Sex Intentions: The Role of Fear of Intimacy.Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment · 2023Trial
- Preventing College Sexual Victimization by Reducing Hookups: a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2020Trial
- Convergent Effects of Alcohol and Confluence Model Constructs on Sexual Aggression, Sexual Misperception, and Coercive Condom Use Resistance: A Scoping Review.The journal of sexual aggression · 2025Article
- Comparison of Sexual Violence Perpetration Rates Among Gay, Lesbian and Heterosexual Cisgender Adults.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2025Article
- Examining the Moderating Role of Heavy Drinking Behaviors and Precarious Masculinity on Sexual Aggression Among Young Adult Men.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Sex in the Context of Substance Use: A Study of Perceived Benefits and Risks, Boundaries, and Behaviors among Adolescents Participating in an Internet-Based Intervention.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Acute Alcohol Intoxication, State Anger, and Sexual Assault Perpetration: The Role of State Emotion Regulation.Psychology of violence · 2022Article
- Communication about Sexual Consent and Refusal: A Learning Tool and Qualitative Study of Adolescents' Comments on a Sexual Health Website.American journal of sexuality education · 2022Article
- Alcohol and cannabis co-use and social context as risk pathways to sexual assault.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Article
- Dangerous Liaisons: The Role of Hookups and Heavy Episodic Drinking in College Sexual Victimization.Violence and victims · 2019Article
- Examining the Roles of Heavy Episodic Drinking, Drinking Venues, and Sociosexuality in College Men's Sexual Aggression.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveMen's alcohol use has been linked to sexual assault perpetration. Yet, it is unknown whether within naturally-occurring sexual encounters men use more sexually aggressive tactics when they are intoxicated. The present study considered whether college men's perceived intoxication at the time of sex increased their self-reported use of verbal persuasion, physical force, and encouraged intoxication of partner as tactics to convince a woman to have sex.
methodAs part of a 56-day daily report study, 298 college freshman males reported 1,832 episodes of sexual activity with female partners. Using multilevel modeling, we considered the within-person effects of subjective intoxication, sexual precedence (new versus previous partner), and perceived partner sexual interest on male use of sexually aggressive strategies within each sexual encounter. We also considered whether the impact of event-specific intoxication was moderated by individual differences in hostility toward women, delinquency, and impersonal sex.
resultsGreater subjective intoxication at the time of sex predicted greater use of verbal persuasion and encouraging intoxication of partner. Although intoxication did not predict physical force directly, there were indirect effects via greater verbal persuasion and encouraging partner intoxication. Event-specific intoxication did not interact with any of the individual difference variables and only hostility toward women contributed positively to use of event-specific sexually aggression.
conclusionsMen's intoxication at the time of sexual activity increases their use of sexually aggressive strategies within naturally-occurring sexual encounters. Findings help to explain the robust relationship between alcohol use and sexual assault found in college populations.
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