Predictors of alcohol use and consequences among college women reporting adult sexual violence: Posttraumatic stress symptoms, urgency, and drinking motives.
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| Title: | Predictors of alcohol use and consequences among college women reporting adult sexual violence: Posttraumatic stress symptoms, urgency, and drinking motives. |
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| Authors: | Hahn, Christine K. (AUTHOR), Salim, Selime R. (AUTHOR), Zinzow, Heidi M. (AUTHOR), Thompson, Martie P. (AUTHOR), Gilmore, Amanda K. (AUTHOR), Kilpatrick, Dean G. (AUTHOR), Hahn, Austin M. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of American College Health. Jul2026, Vol. 74 Issue 6, p1812-1820. 9p. |
| Subjects: | Post-traumatic stress disorder, Risk assessment, Cross-sectional method, Sex crimes, Research funding, Questionnaires, Universities & colleges, Psychology of women, Path analysis (Statistics), Descriptive statistics, Maximum likelihood statistics, Chi-squared test, Psychological adaptation, Alcohol-induced disorders, Impulsive personality, Motivation (Psychology), Psychology of college students, Alcohol drinking, Data analysis software, Confidence intervals, Disease risk factors |
| Abstract: | Objective: To examine associations between post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), impulsivity, drinking motives, and alcohol outcomes among college women who experienced adult sexual violence. Participants: 122 college women from a large southeastern university, predominantly White (90.2%), ages 18–24, reporting adult sexual violence and weekly alcohol consumption. Methods: Participants completed validated measures assessing PTSS, positive and negative urgency, coping and enhancement drinking motives, alcohol use, and alcohol consequences. Path analysis tested direct and indirect associations among these variables. Results: PTSS had significant direct effects on negative urgency and coping motives, and indirect effects on alcohol consequences via these variables. Positive urgency had a significant effect on enhancement motives, which subsequently was significantly associated with alcohol outcomes. Standardized coefficients ranged from β =.22 to.47 across significant pathways, indicating moderate effect sizes. Coping motives, unexpectedly, correlated negatively with alcohol use but positively with consequences. Conclusions: Findings underscore the distinct roles of negative and positive urgency and drinking motives in influencing alcohol outcomes among college women survivors of sexual violence, highlighting implications for targeted interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Objective: To examine associations between post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), impulsivity, drinking motives, and alcohol outcomes among college women who experienced adult sexual violence. Participants: 122 college women from a large southeastern university, predominantly White (90.2%), ages 18–24, reporting adult sexual violence and weekly alcohol consumption. Methods: Participants completed validated measures assessing PTSS, positive and negative urgency, coping and enhancement drinking motives, alcohol use, and alcohol consequences. Path analysis tested direct and indirect associations among these variables. Results: PTSS had significant direct effects on negative urgency and coping motives, and indirect effects on alcohol consequences via these variables. Positive urgency had a significant effect on enhancement motives, which subsequently was significantly associated with alcohol outcomes. Standardized coefficients ranged from β =.22 to.47 across significant pathways, indicating moderate effect sizes. Coping motives, unexpectedly, correlated negatively with alcohol use but positively with consequences. Conclusions: Findings underscore the distinct roles of negative and positive urgency and drinking motives in influencing alcohol outcomes among college women survivors of sexual violence, highlighting implications for targeted interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 07448481 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07448481.2026.2619943 |
