But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway
Background: Sexual assault often occurs when victims are intoxicated. Rape myth research indicates that intoxicated assaults are sometimes seen as less severe or not as ‘real’ assaults; however, it is unclear if victims of intoxicated sexual assaults differ from victims of non-intoxicated assaults i...
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| author | Helene Flood Aakvaag Ida Frugård Strøm Siri Thoresen |
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| description | Background: Sexual assault often occurs when victims are intoxicated. Rape myth research indicates that intoxicated assaults are sometimes seen as less severe or not as ‘real’ assaults; however, it is unclear if victims of intoxicated sexual assaults differ from victims of non-intoxicated assaults in terms of health and functioning. Objective: We investigated possible differences in mental health, social support and loneliness between intoxicated and non-intoxicated sexual assault victims. Methods: Participants were 1011 young adults (505 exposed to childhood violence and 506 non-exposed) selected from a community telephone survey (T1), and a follow-up survey 12–18 months later (T2). Analyses include one-way ANOVA with Tamhane post hoc tests. Results: There were no significant differences in mental health, social support and loneliness between victims of intoxicated and non-intoxicated sexual assault, although both groups differed significantly from those who did not report sexual assault. Conclusions: These results indicate that intoxicated sexual assaults are no less clinically important than non-intoxicated assaults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4ed6fc5dc9f480b900d649656b484492023-01-12T15:31:30ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology2000-80662018-01-019110.1080/20008198.2018.15390591539059But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in NorwayHelene Flood Aakvaag0Ida Frugård Strøm1Siri Thoresen2Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress StudiesNorwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress StudiesNorwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress StudiesBackground: Sexual assault often occurs when victims are intoxicated. Rape myth research indicates that intoxicated assaults are sometimes seen as less severe or not as ‘real’ assaults; however, it is unclear if victims of intoxicated sexual assaults differ from victims of non-intoxicated assaults in terms of health and functioning. Objective: We investigated possible differences in mental health, social support and loneliness between intoxicated and non-intoxicated sexual assault victims. Methods: Participants were 1011 young adults (505 exposed to childhood violence and 506 non-exposed) selected from a community telephone survey (T1), and a follow-up survey 12–18 months later (T2). Analyses include one-way ANOVA with Tamhane post hoc tests. Results: There were no significant differences in mental health, social support and loneliness between victims of intoxicated and non-intoxicated sexual assault, although both groups differed significantly from those who did not report sexual assault. Conclusions: These results indicate that intoxicated sexual assaults are no less clinically important than non-intoxicated assaults.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1539059sexual assaultintoxicated sexual assaultalcohol-related rapemental healthsocial supportloneliness |
| spellingShingle | Helene Flood Aakvaag Ida Frugård Strøm Siri Thoresen But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway European Journal of Psychotraumatology sexual assault intoxicated sexual assault alcohol-related rape mental health social support loneliness |
| title | But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway |
| title_full | But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway |
| title_fullStr | But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway |
| title_full_unstemmed | But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway |
| title_short | But were you drunk? Intoxication during sexual assault in Norway |
| title_sort | but were you drunk intoxication during sexual assault in norway |
| topic | sexual assault intoxicated sexual assault alcohol-related rape mental health social support loneliness |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1539059 |
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