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College-level perceptions of drinking, binge drinking, and sexual violence perpetration: A multilevel mediation model

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Pages 1688-1695 | Received 11 Dec 2019, Accepted 28 Aug 2020, Published online: 14 Sep 2020
 

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether college men’s perceptions of campus drinking norms, aggregated at the institution-level, predicted heavy episodic drinking and sexual violence perpetration. Participants: Data were collected from a sample of 1144 first-year male college freshmen enrolled at one of thirty four-year institutions in the state of Georgia. Methods: Four waves of online survey data were collected as part of a longitudinal cohort study completed in 2016. Results: Perceptions of campus drinking norms aggregated at the institution-level significantly predicted college men’s heavy episodic drinking. Heavy episodic drinking mediated the relationship between perceptions of the typical students’ drinking behavior and perpetration of sexual violence, such that participants at institutions with higher levels of perceived drinking norms reported more heavy episodic drinking and sexual violence perpetration. Conclusions: Findings from this study provide further support for the inclusion of broader campus-level prevention strategies as part of a comprehensive approach to preventing sexual violence.

Conflict of interest disclosure

The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. The authors confirm that the research presented in this article met the ethical guidelines, including adherence to the legal requirements, of the United State of America and received approval from the Institutional Review Board of Georgia State University.

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Funding

This study was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center of Injury Prevention and Control Grant Number U01: CE002123.

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