ERIC Number: EJ1472604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Students' Perceptions of the Relationship between Sexual Violence and Alcohol Use: Qualitative Findings from Three Public University Campuses
Claire Amabile1,2; Kathryn M. Barker3; David Stoddard Carey4; Stephanie Sumstine-Felice5; Eunhee Park1; Sabrina C. Boyce6; Laury Oaks7; Dallas Swendeman8; Jennifer A. Wagman1
Journal of American College Health, v73 n3 p1156-1167 2025
Objective: Examine undergraduate students' perceptions of the connections between alcohol consumption and sexual violence, associated campus-based prevention efforts, and recommendations for improvements. Participants: Undergraduate students (n = 244) at three large public universities. Methods: Qualitative thematic secondary analysis was conducted using data from 86 in-depth interviews and 27 focus group discussions conducted January-June 2019. Results: Student responses depicted complicated connections between alcohol use, consent, and sexual violence. Students indicated confusion about consent when both parties were intoxicated and stated that existing prevention programming was inadequate. Students recommended integrating elements of consent into campus alcohol prevention and information about alcohol's effects into sexual violence prevention programming. Conclusion: This study centers undergraduate students' perceptions of the connection between sexual violence and alcohol, and their recommendations on how to address the often-co-occurring harms. Universities must integrate alcohol and sexual violence prevention programming to respond to the realities of undergraduate students more effectively.
Descriptors: State Universities, Correlation, Drinking, Rape, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Prevention, Consent, Sex Education, Violence, Sexuality, Alcohol Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (DHHS/PHS); National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (DHHS/NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: NUF2CE002403; K01AA028557
Author Affiliations: 1Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 2Department of Social Welfare, University of California Los Angeles, Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 3Center on Gender Equity and Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, CA, USA; 4Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 5University of California Office of the President, University of California Global Health Institute, Oakland, CA, USA; 6Divisions of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA, USA; 7Department of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA; 8Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA