Taylor Terrill O, Ward Rose Marie, Das Akanksha, Geyer Rachel B, Speed Shannon
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD 20742.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221.
Contemp Justice Rev. 2025 Jul 10. doi: 10.1080/10282580.2025.2531503.
Sexual assault is an issue on college campuses and links to alcohol use and centrality beliefs. Severity of sexual assault experiences and alcohol use and centrality beliefs, independently and jointly, have deleterious effects on individuals' well-being. However, little is known about how this shapes individuals' perceptions of interventions that can aid in their restoration and healing - such as their attitudes toward restorative justice. In a sample of 2,056 college students, we examined whether adult sexual assault experiences relate to alcohol consumption and centrality beliefs, and evaluated differences based on gender and survivor status. In addition, we examined participants' restorative justice attitudes on the relationship between adult sexual assault experience severity and alcohol use and centrality beliefs. We found significant differences in support for restorative justice based on survivor status and gender. Structural Equation Modeling also revealed a significant direct effect between sexual assault severity and alcohol use and centrality beliefs. Additionally, we found a significant negative effect between restorative justice attitudes and alcohol use and centrality beliefs. This study provides a unique understanding of the relationship between college students' adult sexual assault experiences, alcohol use and centrality beliefs, and their restorative justice attitudes as a potential mechanism for intervention.
性侵犯是大学校园里的一个问题，且与饮酒及核心信念有关。性侵犯经历的严重程度、饮酒情况和核心信念，无论是单独还是共同作用，都会对个人幸福产生有害影响。然而，对于这如何塑造个人对有助于其恢复和治愈的干预措施的看法，比如他们对恢复性司法的态度，我们却知之甚少。在一个由2056名大学生组成的样本中，我们研究了成年人的性侵犯经历是否与饮酒及核心信念有关，并评估了基于性别和幸存者身份的差异。此外，我们还研究了参与者对恢复性司法的态度，涉及成年人性侵犯经历的严重程度与饮酒及核心信念之间的关系。我们发现，基于幸存者身份和性别，在对恢复性司法的支持方面存在显著差异。结构方程模型还揭示了性侵犯严重程度与饮酒及核心信念之间存在显著的直接影响。此外，我们发现恢复性司法态度与饮酒及核心信念之间存在显著的负面影响。这项研究为大学生的成年人性侵犯经历、饮酒及核心信念，以及他们作为一种潜在干预机制的恢复性司法态度之间的关系提供了独特的理解。
