Journal article
College men’s use of protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, and heavy episodic drinking
Psychology of addictive behaviors, Vol.38(3), pp.360-371
05/2024
DOI: 10.1037/adb0000965
PMCID: PMC11065594
PMID: 37956027
Abstract
Objective: Sexually aggressive behavior (SAB), risky sexual behavior (RSB), and heavy episodic drinking (HED) are serious behavioral health problems among college men. The present study substantially revises and validates protective behavioral strategies (PBS) measures in the SAB and RSB domains; evaluates the relations among PBS usage in the SAB, RSB, and HED domains; and determines whether college men with SAB, RSB, or HED histories report lower PBS usage. Method: College students who identified as men ( n = 1,121) completed measures of PBS, SAB, RSB, HED, rape-supportive attitudes, sociosexuality, and bar/party attendance. Results: Factor analyses resulted in three PBS scales (SAB, RSB-General, and RSB-Protection) that showed good fit and cross-validated well. Average scores for all four PBS measures converged moderately to strongly. Men reporting histories of SAB, RSB, or HED reported much lower domain-specific PBS use, and domain-specific PBS predicted concurrent SAB, RSB, or HED in the presence of other established predictors. Conclusions: Four well-developed and validated PBS measures now provide an expanded set of potential harm-reduction strategies for college men who drink and engage in sexual activity. Given the strong concurrent associations between PBS use and problems, as well as the interrelatedness of PBS use across domains, future research should examine the impact of simultaneous personalized normative feedback on PBS use across alcohol and sexual domains. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- College men’s use of protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression, risky sexual behavior, and heavy episodic drinking
- Creators
- Teresa A Treat - University of Iowa, Psychological and Brain SciencesRichard J Viken - Indiana UniversityOlivia Westemeier - University of Iowa, Psychological and Brain SciencesWilliam R Corbin - Arizona State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychology of addictive behaviors, Vol.38(3), pp.360-371
- DOI
- 10.1037/adb0000965
- PMID
- 37956027
- PMCID
- PMC11065594
- NLM abbreviation
- Psychol Addict Behav
- ISSN
- 0893-164X
- eISSN
- 1939-1501
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000027, name: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, award: R34 AA027713
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 11/13/2023
- Date published
- 05/2024
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984511955302771
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