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Abstract
Alcohol and alcohol expectancies relate to sexual victimization. The present study examined these links in a sample of 407 predominantly Hispanic male and female college students, along the Mexico–US border. The study also examined the independent contribution of sexual sensation seeking to the prediction of victimization. Results showed that victimization was associated with alcohol risk, alcohol consumption-related problems, and positive alcohol expectancies. Importantly, sexual sensation seeking independently predicted victimization and did so after controlling for alcohol risk and expectancies. Our results suggest that associations among victimization, alcohol risk, and expectancies generalize to Hispanic women and men. The study's limitations are noted.
RÉSUMÉ
Victimization Sexuel dans les Étudiants de Collège Femelles et Mâles: En examinant les Rôles d’utilisation d’Alcool, Espérances d’Alcool et Recherche de Sensation Sexuelle
Extrait du document
L’alcool et ses expectatives se rapportent à la victimisation sexuelle. La présente étude a examiné ces relations dans un échantillon d’étudiants universitaires principalement hispaniques, mâles et femelles. L’étude a aussi examiné la contribution indépendante de la sensation sexuelle cherchant à la prédiction de la victimisation. Les résultats ont montré que la victimisation a été associée aux risques de l’alcool, aux problèmes d’alcool et aux expectatives positives associés à l’alcool positif. Il est important de remarquer que la sensation sexuelle cherchant a prédit, de manière indépendante, la victimisation et l’a fait après avoir pris en compte ces risques de l’alcool et ses expectatives. Nos résultats suggèrent que les associations entre la victimisation sexuelle, le risque de l’alcool et ses expectatives se généralisent aux femmes et hommes hispaniques.
RESUMEN
Vitalidad Sexual en Estudiantes de Colegio Femeninos y Machos: Examinando los Papeles de uso de Alcohol, Expectativas de Alcohol, y Busca de Sensación Sexual
El alcohol y sus expectativas en relación a ser víctimas de asalto sexual. La muestra para investigar esta relación fue en estudiantes universitarios de ambos sexos en la cual predominan los Hispanos. El estudio investiga la búsqueda de sensación sexual con la predicción a ser victimas sexual. Los resultados demostraron que hay una asociación entre el riesgo, las expectativas de este y los problemas relacionados al alcohol con el convertirse en victimas. Es importante distinguir que la búsqueda de sensaciones sexuales predijo el convertirse en victima aun después de controlar las variables de riesgo por alcohol y sus expectativas. Nuestros resultados demuestran que hay una asociación entre el convertirse en victimas y las expectativas y el riesgo del alcohol entre hombres y mujeres Hispanos.
THE AUTHORS
Stormy Morales-Monks is a doctoral candidate in The University of Texas at El Paso Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Program. Mrs. Morales-Monks has a Bachelors of Health Science focusing on community health education from The University of Texas at El Paso and a Masters of Public Health in Community Health Education with a focus in U.S./Mexico border health issues from New Mexico State University. Mrs. Morales-Monks’ doctoral research has focused on drug and alcohol addiction and related risk behaviors. Her primary research interest is examining the effectiveness of various alcohol intervention models.
Joe Tomaka, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso. His doctoral degree is in Social and Health Psychology from the University of Buffalo. His research interests include approaches to alcohol risk reduction among college students, physical activity promotion, and stress and coping.
Rebecca Palacios, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Science at New Mexico State University. Her doctoral degree is in Health Psychology and her research interests focus on risk factors for obesity, hypertension, and diabetes among Hispanics living along the U.S.-Mexico border. With regard to community health research, Dr. Palacios has conducted health needs assessments on the border examining the prevalence of diabetes, the health and functional status of the aging population, and the service needs of the HIV/AIDS population. She has also conducted program evaluations for a variety of programs targeting substance/alcohol abuse prevention and teen pregnancy prevention.
Dr. Sharon E. Thompson, has worked on the U.S./Mexico border for over a decade. She has a strong commitment to Hispanic health disparity research and education. Dr. Thompson is a public health educator. She received her doctorate in Health Education from The University of New Mexico in 1999 and a Master of Public Health degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health in 1997. Dr. Thompson completed Research Fellowship at the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing in 2005. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. Dr. Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Science at The University of Texas at El Paso, and is the Co-Director of the Community Engagement and Dissemination of the NIH-P20 Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center.
Notes
1 Due to missing data points, 15 participants were excluded from the data analysis. Thus, only data on 392 participants were reported rather than the original 407 participants.
2 This figure for Hispanic women attending college stands in contrast to some population-based studies that suggest that Hispanic women traditionally drink less than women from other racial/ethnic groups (Vega et al., 1998; Kessler et al. 1994; Lown and Vega, Citation2001).
3 The results are virtually identical if RAPI scores are substituted for AUDIT scores in the equations. The main difference is that RAPI scores were marginally better predictors of victimization than AUDIT scores, but only among men.
4 The reader is referred to Hills's criteria for causation which were developed in order to help assist researchers and clinicians determine if risk factors were causes of a particular disease or outcomes or merely associated (Hill, Citation1965). The environment and disease: associations or causation? Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine 58: 295–300.). Editor's note.