Alcohol and Emotion Regulation Interventions: Effects on Men's Sexual Arousal, Impulsivity, Cognitions Regarding Sexual Consequences, and Sexually Coercive Tactics

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Applied Cognitive Psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1002/acp.70087

Mitchell Kirwan, Weiqi Chen, Julia F. Hammett, Kelly Cue Davis

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Abstract

Alcohol's cognitive effects exacerbate sexual assault perpetration by men against women. Emotion regulation interventions may reduce perpetration by modifying men's responses during sexual situations. The present study's goal was to examine how alcohol intoxication and emotion regulation interventions interacted to predict men's cognitive and behavioral reactions regarding sexual assault perpetration. Young men with self-reported sexual assault perpetration histories (N = 206) were randomly assigned to receive either a cognitive restructuring, mindfulness, or control intervention and to consume alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages before projecting themselves into a hypothetical, sexual scenario and completing in-the-moment assessments of their sexual arousal, impulsivity, cognitions, and sexual coercion. Results revealed that intoxicated men in the control intervention experienced more sexual arousal. Sexual arousal was subsequently associated with impulsivity, cognitions regarding sexual consequences, and sexual coercion. Findings support emotion regulation interventions as tools to prevent alcohol-involved perpetration and suggest a mechanism through which perpetration may be prevented.

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酒精和情绪调节干预：对男性性唤起、冲动、性后果认知和性胁迫策略的影响

酒精对认知的影响加剧了男性对女性的性侵犯。情绪调节干预可以通过改变男性在性行为中的反应来减少犯罪。本研究的目的是研究酒精中毒和情绪调节干预如何相互作用，以预测男性对性侵犯犯罪的认知和行为反应。自我报告有性侵犯犯罪史的年轻男性（N = 206）被随机分配接受认知重构、正念或控制干预，并在将自己预测到假设性场景并完成对其性唤起、冲动、认知和性胁迫的即时评估之前，饮用酒精或非酒精饮料。结果显示，醉酒的男性在对照组干预中经历了更多的性唤起。性唤起随后与冲动、对性后果的认知和性胁迫有关。研究结果支持情绪调节干预作为预防酒精相关犯罪的工具，并提出了一种预防犯罪的机制。

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Applied Cognitive Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

8.30%

发文量

111

期刊介绍： 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.