Parks Kathleen A, St Vil Noelle M, Barrick Christopher, Ardalan Sarah, Lelito Robyn, Kumkowski Nicolette, Baio Allyson, Lissade Joame, Shaver Jenna, DiLillo David
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
School of Social Work, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025 Mar;86(2):306-315. doi: 10.15288/jsad.24-00024. Epub 2025 Feb 3.
More than 30% of women who experience sexual assault during college experience sexual revictimization (SRV) before graduating. Current sexual assault interventions have been developed with predominantly White samples, and most do not focus on reducing SRV or include effective alcohol reduction techniques. The purpose of the current study was to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a new intervention designed to reduce SRV in Black and White college women.
A sample of 59 women ( = 43, White; = 16, Black) were randomly assigned to either the intervention or time and attention control condition. Both conditions consisted of two 90-minute in-person group sessions and two 30-minute online self-administered learning units. During the intervention, participants watched culturally specific videos (e.g., created in partnership with the cultural group, culturally congruent with regard to race of actors, vernacular, dress, and social situations) embedded with sexual assault risk cues. Women participated in discussions designed to improve risk recognition and assertive responses to sexual assault threats. All groups were racially homogeneous and had facilitators of the same race. Online intervention units included alcohol reduction strategies (e.g., personalized normative feedback) and safe dating practices.
Acceptability and feasibility of the intervention were good and suggested that cultural specificity was important for Black women. However, attrition was higher than expected, and barriers to participating were noted for Black women.
These preliminary findings highlight the potential importance as well as the challenges in developing culturally specific sexual assault interventions for college women.
超过30%在大学期间遭受性侵犯的女性在毕业前会再次遭受性侵犯（SRV）。目前的性侵犯干预措施主要是针对白人样本开发的，大多数措施并不侧重于减少再次性侵犯，也没有包括有效的减少酒精摄入的技巧。本研究的目的是进行一项试点随机对照试验，以评估一种旨在减少黑人和白人女大学生再次性侵犯的新干预措施的可行性和可接受性。
59名女性样本（白人43名；黑人16名）被随机分配到干预组或时间与关注对照组。两组都包括两次90分钟的面对面小组会议和两个30分钟的在线自我管理学习单元。在干预过程中，参与者观看了嵌入性侵犯风险提示的特定文化视频（例如，与文化团体合作制作，在演员种族、方言、着装和社会情境方面与文化相符）。女性参与旨在提高风险识别和对性侵犯威胁做出果断反应的讨论。所有小组在种族上都是同质的，并且有同一种族的主持人。在线干预单元包括减少酒精摄入的策略（例如，个性化规范反馈）和安全约会做法。
该干预措施的可接受性和可行性良好，表明文化特异性对黑人女性很重要。然而，损耗率高于预期，并且注意到黑人女性参与存在障碍。
这些初步研究结果凸显了为女大学生开发具有文化特异性的性侵犯干预措施的潜在重要性以及挑战。
