Selection and socialization accounts of the relation between fraternity membership and sexual aggression

Teresa A Treat; William R Corbin; Anna Papova; Kailey Richner; Raquel Craney; Kim Fromme

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Selection and socialization accounts of the relation between fraternity membership and sexual aggression

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Selection and socialization accounts of the relation between fraternity membership and sexual aggression

Teresa A Treat, William R Corbin, Anna Papova, Kailey Richner, Raquel Craney and Kim Fromme

Psychology of addictive behaviors, Vol.35(3), pp.337-350

05/2021

DOI: 10.1037/adb0000662

PMCID: PMC8084907

PMID: 33764091

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The current project aims to enhance our understanding of the well-established relation between fraternity membership and sexual aggression on college campuses. Most prior research has been cross-sectional and unable to distinguish selection and socialization accounts of the relation, and only one prior longitudinal study has simultaneously examined selection and socialization effects. Fraternity membership, sexual aggression, binge drinking, sociosexual attitudes and behaviors, and perceived peer sexual aggression were assessed for 772 male participants ( = 116 fraternity members) in a longitudinal survey study from the summer prior to college through Year 2 of college. Longitudinal path analyses revealed three key findings. First, fraternity membership was prospectively correlated with sexual aggression in Years 1 and 2 of college (socialization effect), controlling for selection effects, when the two prospective paths were constrained to be equivalent. Second, more frequent binge drinking and sociosexual attitudes prior to college prospectively correlated with an increased likelihood of joining a fraternity (selection effect), and both selection variables indirectly correlated with future sexual aggression via fraternity membership. Third, fraternity membership was associated with increased binge drinking and perceived peer sexual aggression (socialization effects). These findings identify critical targets for the prevention of sexually aggressive behavior that are linked to fraternity membership: Binge drinking and sociosexual attitudes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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Title: Subtitle: Selection and socialization accounts of the relation between fraternity membership and sexual aggression
Creators: Teresa A Treat - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
William R Corbin - Department of Psychology
Anna Papova - Department of Psychology
Kailey Richner - Department of Psychology
Raquel Craney - Department of Psychology
Kim Fromme - Department of Psychology
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Psychology of addictive behaviors, Vol.35(3), pp.337-350
DOI: 10.1037/adb0000662
PMID: 33764091
PMCID: PMC8084907
NLM abbreviation: Psychol Addict Behav
ISSN: 0893-164X
eISSN: 1939-1501
Grant note: R34 AA027713 / NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020637 / NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA013967 / NIAAA NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 05/2021
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences
Record Identifier: 9984213400102771

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