Jacqueline Woerner, Rachel Cooper, Leanna J. Papp, Elizabeth C. Neilson, Cameron Davis, Robert D. Dvorak, Michael E. Dunn
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Sex-related alcohol expectancies about oneself and one's partner vary across time and context, yet alcohol-related sexual violence research predominantly measures alcohol expectancies as stable traits. Sexually active, non-abstinent men completed a sexual aggression analog scenario. After indicating a preference for a female or male hypothetical partner, participants were randomized to a scenario depicting a highly or low intoxicated partner, and they reported sex-related alcohol expectancies and sexual interest for themselves and their partner at four points across the scenario as well as their sexual aggression intentions. Repeated-measures ANOVA and latent growth curve modeling suggested self- and partner-specific sex-related alcohol expectancies and sexual interest fluctuated across the scenario. Less acute decreases in self- and partner-sex-related alcohol expectancies and perceived sexual interest following partner sexual refusal were associated with sexual aggression intentions. Prevention research and program development should incorporate a dynamic conceptualization of alcohol expectancies when examining sexual assault perpetration risks.
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Applied Cognitive Psychology seeks to publish the best papers dealing with psychological analyses of memory, learning, thinking, problem solving, language, and consciousness as they occur in the real world. Applied Cognitive Psychology will publish papers on a wide variety of issues and from diverse theoretical perspectives. The journal focuses on studies of human performance and basic cognitive skills in everyday environments including, but not restricted to, studies of eyewitness memory, autobiographical memory, spatial cognition, skill training, expertise and skilled behaviour. Articles will normally combine realistic investigations of real world events with appropriate theoretical analyses and proper appraisal of practical implications.