Protective behavioural strategies while drinking: do they protect against sexual victimisation and is this protection gendered?

摘要

Introduction and AimsAlthough alcohol use has been linked to sexual victimisation among college students , the specific ways in which college students may be able to avoid the negative consequences of excessive drinking as they relate to sexual victimisation have not been fully explored. This study examines whether using protective behavioural strategies attenuates the risk of sexual victimisation for both male and female college students and whether this relationship is moderated by alcohol use.