Effects of alcohol and gender on social information processing of sexual aggression
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jeremy Mullis (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Richard Ogle
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of alcohol intoxication and
gender on social information processing in the context of a sexual coercion scenario. It
was hypothesized that alcohol intoxication would affect social information processing
patterns related to sexually aggressive behavior. One hundred and three participants
were recruited for this study, 48 female and 55 male. These participants were grouped
into either a high BAC condition or a low BAC condition using a BAC cutoff of .06.
Participants completed a demographics questionnaire, an alcohol quantity frequency
assessment and a social information processing protocol. The social information
processing protocol consisted of a written sexually coercive scenario. Participants
answered questions after reading the scenario which assessed the domains of response
representation, goal selection, response evaluation and response selection. Multivariate
Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to test the 3 hypotheses for both men and
women. No significant results were found for women for any areas of social information
processing. Significant results were found in the areas of goal selection and response
evaluation for men. These results point to the utility of using social information
processing models in the study of sexual aggression.
Effects of alcohol and gender on social information processing of sexual aggression
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Man-woman relationships--Effect of drugs on, Sexual excitement--Effect of drugs on, Alcohol--Physiological effect, Alcohol and sex, Men--Alcohol use, Women--Alcohol use
- Subjects
- Sexual excitement -- Effect of drugs on
- Alcohol -- Physiological effect
- Man-woman relationships -- Effect of drugs on
- Alcohol and sex
- Women -- Alcohol use
- Men -- Alcohol use