TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion Regulation Difficulties Moderate the Association Between Typical Drinking and Sexual Assault Victimization Among Sexual and Gender Minority University Students
AU - Kirwan, Mitchell
AU - Leone, Ruschelle M.
AU - Davis, Kelly Cue
AU - Orchowski, Lindsay M.
AU - Gilmore, Amanda K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Sexual and gender minority (SGM) students report higher alcohol consumption, emotion regulation difficulties, and sexual assault victimization severity than cisgender, heterosexual individuals. A sample of 754 undergraduate students completed an online survey assessing alcohol use, emotion regulation, and sexual victimization. Regression analyses indicated that, among SGM students with higher emotion regulation difficulties, typical weekly drinking was positively associated with sexual assault victimization severity, but among cisgender, heterosexual students and SGM students with lower emotion regulation difficulties, there was no association between drinking and victimization severity. Thus, SGM students benefit from interventions targeting alcohol use and emotion regulation difficulties.
AB - Sexual and gender minority (SGM) students report higher alcohol consumption, emotion regulation difficulties, and sexual assault victimization severity than cisgender, heterosexual individuals. A sample of 754 undergraduate students completed an online survey assessing alcohol use, emotion regulation, and sexual victimization. Regression analyses indicated that, among SGM students with higher emotion regulation difficulties, typical weekly drinking was positively associated with sexual assault victimization severity, but among cisgender, heterosexual students and SGM students with lower emotion regulation difficulties, there was no association between drinking and victimization severity. Thus, SGM students benefit from interventions targeting alcohol use and emotion regulation difficulties.
KW - LGBTQ+
KW - alcohol use
KW - emotion regulation
KW - sexual assault victimization
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U2 - 10.1177/10778012231155178
DO - 10.1177/10778012231155178
M3 - Article
C2 - 36794462
AN - SCOPUS:85148413272
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 30
SP - 768
EP - 790
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 3-4
ER -