TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol use, partner type, and risky sexual behavior among college students
T2 - Findings from an event-level study
AU - Brown, Jennifer L.
AU - Vanable, Peter A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by funds from a research development grant from Syracuse University, Department of Psychology and from NIMH grant R21-MH65865.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Kate Carey for her helpful feedback on earlier drafts of this manuscript. The authors would also like to thank Catherine Caska, Emily Drucker, Laura Gaskins, Megan Heck, Christine Ramsey, Sharon Reid, Lindsey Ross, Lien Tran, and Randi Williams for their assistance with data collection. This work was supported in part by funds from a research development grant from Syracuse University, Department of Psychology and from NIMH grant R21-MH65865.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Alcohol use is prevalent among college students and may contribute to elevated rates of sexual risk taking. Using event-level data, the hypothesis that partner type would moderate the effect of alcohol consumption on condom use was tested. Sexually active college students (N = 330; 67% female) reported on characteristics of their most recent sexual encounter, including partner type, alcohol use, and condom use, along with measures of sex-related alcohol expectancies, sensation seeking, and typical alcohol use. Unprotected vaginal sex (UVS) was reported by 39% of the sample and 32% reported alcohol use prior to sex. For the complete sample, UVS was just as likely for non-drinking events as for events involving alcohol use. However, for sexual encounters involving a non-steady partner, alcohol consumption was associated with an increase in UVS, whereas rates of UVS did not vary by drinking status for encounters involving a steady partner. These effects remained in analyses that controlled for sex-related alcohol expectancies, sensation seeking, and typical alcohol use. Findings confirm that the effects of alcohol vary according to the context in which it is used.
AB - Alcohol use is prevalent among college students and may contribute to elevated rates of sexual risk taking. Using event-level data, the hypothesis that partner type would moderate the effect of alcohol consumption on condom use was tested. Sexually active college students (N = 330; 67% female) reported on characteristics of their most recent sexual encounter, including partner type, alcohol use, and condom use, along with measures of sex-related alcohol expectancies, sensation seeking, and typical alcohol use. Unprotected vaginal sex (UVS) was reported by 39% of the sample and 32% reported alcohol use prior to sex. For the complete sample, UVS was just as likely for non-drinking events as for events involving alcohol use. However, for sexual encounters involving a non-steady partner, alcohol consumption was associated with an increase in UVS, whereas rates of UVS did not vary by drinking status for encounters involving a steady partner. These effects remained in analyses that controlled for sex-related alcohol expectancies, sensation seeking, and typical alcohol use. Findings confirm that the effects of alcohol vary according to the context in which it is used.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Condom use
KW - HIV
KW - Partner type
KW - Risky sexual behavior
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.06.011
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.06.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 17611038
AN - SCOPUS:34648831648
SN - 0306-4603
VL - 32
SP - 2940
EP - 2952
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
IS - 12
ER -