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A Preliminary Investigation of Alcohol Use During Trauma and Peritraumatic Reactions in Female Sexual Assault Victims

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

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The purpose of these analyses was to investigate the association between reported alcohol use during a sexual assault and perceptions of assault severity and physical and emotional peritraumatic reactions. Self-report data were collected on 57 sexually assaulted college women. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that perception of assault severity mediated the relationship between alcohol use and peritraumatic physical reactions.

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  1. Center for Trauma Recovery, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

    Gretchen A. Clum & Pallavi Nishith

  2. Psychology Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

    Karen S. Calhoun

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Clum, G.A., Nishith, P. & Calhoun, K.S. A Preliminary Investigation of Alcohol Use During Trauma and Peritraumatic Reactions in Female Sexual Assault Victims. J Trauma Stress 15, 321–328 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016255929315

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