Intoxicated bystanders' alcohol expectancies and valuations and the ability to detect risk in a potential sexual assault.
Alcohol intoxication, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol valuations are associated with impaired risk detection for victims of sexual assault; these factors may also impair risk detection of bystanders in a potential sexual assault. However, the relationship between expectancies, valuations and alcohol intoxication on bystanders' risk detection abilities has not been examined; the goal of this study was to address this gap in the literature. The current study used an alcohol administration experimental design that assessed 123 young adults' (50% women) alcohol expectancies and valuations, as well as their risk appraisal using a sexual assault vignette. Participants in the alcohol condition (n = 61) reported diminished ability to detect risk when they reported higher positive valuations compared with participants in the control condition (n = 62), but there were no effects of expectancies on bystanders' ability to detect risk in either condition. Risk detection is a crucial step in bystander prevention; alcohol intoxication, in combination with positive alcohol valuations may impede those appraisals.
['Wiersma-Mosley|Jacquelyn D|JD|', 'Ham|Lindsay S|LS|', 'Marcantonio|Tiffany L|TL|', 'Jozkowski|Kristen N|KN|', 'Bridges|Ana J|AJ|']
D000428:Alcohol Drinking D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication D000431:Ethanol D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D012742:Sex Offenses D055815:Young Adult
Intoxication Bystanders Alcohol expectancies and valuations Sexual assault vignette