Victimization of young, college women is a problem with potentially devastating consequences. Approximately 2 million women are new freshmen each year (US Dept. of Ed., 2001). In a recent report, Hingson et al. (2002) estimate that 600,000 (13.3%) college students were assaulted because of drinking by other students over a 1-year period. Humphrey and White (2000) found that 6.4% of women reported being raped during their first year in school. Research findings indicate that 50% of sexual assaults in college involve alcohol (Abbey, 2002). Based on these figures, 3.2% or 64,000 freshmen women experience an alcohol-related rape annually. Clearly, victimization (nonsexual and sexual) is a significant alcohol-related problem on college campuses. The research proposed in this R01 application focuses on the longitudinal relationship between alcohol consumption and victimization among college women. The PRIMARY OBJECTIVES of the proposed investigation are to 1) describe the rates of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related victimization, across four years of college attendance, 2) assess the temporal relationship between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related victimization (sexual and nonsexual,verbal and physical), 3) assess risk factors for experiencing victimization during college, and 4) assess primary (e.g., injury, psychological trauma) and secondary (e.g., academic, psychological) consequences of alcohol-related victimization. Two longitudinal research components will be used to achieve these research objectives. Component 1 involves a brief telephone survey, administered annually during the Fall semester, of the drinking patterns, victimization and other alcohol-related problems that occur in a cohort of women entering college for the first time during the Fall semester of 2004. Component 2 of the research involves an 8-week prospective assessment of drinking patterns and victimization experiences administered annually during the Spring semester, to a sub-sample of women randomly selected during Year I from Component 1 participants. Component 2 will use state-of-the-art technology (Interactive Voice Response) to collect daily data on alcohol consumption and any victimization that occurs. Event-based measures will be used to Provide detailed data on victimization experiences. This research is innovative in the use of long- and short-term measures, within a longitudinal design, to assess alcohol-related victimization of college women.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AA013986-04
Application #
7234813
Study Section
Behavioral Genetics and Epidemiology Study Section (BGES)
Program Officer
Breslow, Rosalind
Project Start
2004-06-01
Project End
2009-05-31
Budget Start
2007-06-01
Budget End
2008-05-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$372,161
Indirect Cost
Name
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department
Type
Organized Research Units
DUNS #
038633251
City
Buffalo
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
14260
Parks, Kathleen A; Hsieh, Ya-Ping; Taggart, Caroline et al. (2014) A longitudinal analysis of drinking and victimization in college women: is there a reciprocal relationship? Psychol Addict Behav 28:943-51
Parks, Kathleen A; Romosz, Ann M; Bradizza, Clara M et al. (2008) A dangerous transition: women's drinking and related victimization from high school to the first year at college. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:65-74
Parks, Kathleen A; Hsieh, Ya-Ping; Bradizza, Clara M et al. (2008) Factors influencing the temporal relationship between alcohol consumption and experiences with aggression among college women. Psychol Addict Behav 22:210-8
Neal, Dan J; Fromme, Kim; Boca, Frances K et al. (2006) Capturing the moment: innovative approaches to daily alcohol assessment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:282-91
Parks, Kathleen A; Pardi, Ann M; Bradizza, Clara M (2006) Collecting data on alcohol use and alcohol-related victimization: a comparison of telephone and Web-based survey methods. J Stud Alcohol 67:318-23