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Sexual Assault Perpetration and Alcohol: Where Do We Go From Here?

Elizabeth C. Neilson, MSW, MPH, PhD
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Apply four theoretical frameworks to the empirical literature on the association between alcohol and sexual assault perpetration

  • Identify at least one cognitive, emotional, and behavioral risk factor that distally or proximally is associated with sexual assault perpetration

  • Critique the existing methodologies used to examine how alcohol contributes to sexual assault perpetration

  • Discuss the limitations of current interventions to prevent sexual assault perpetration

Educational Goal

Improved awareness of the nuanced association between alcohol and sexual assault.

Description

This presentation will provide an overview of the theoretical and empirical research on the association between alcohol and sexual assault perpetration. The presentation will first review the interplay between alcohol use and alcohol intoxication and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral risk factors for alcohol-involved perpetration. The presentation will then discuss novel intervention opportunities to prevent and intervene upon sexual assault perpetration. The presentation will conclude with a brief discussion of interdisciplinary approaches to enhance research and clinical approaches to alcohol-involved sexual assault perpetration.

Target Audience

  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals

Presenters

Elizabeth C. Neilson, MSW, MPH, PhD
Dr. Elizabeth C. Neilson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Counseling at the University of Missouri -- Kansas City. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington in 2019. Dr. Neilson’s research examines the confluence of gender-based violence, substance use, and sexual health. Dr. Neilson’s research attempts to integrate and understand the individual, situational, and societal predictors of alcohol-involved sexual assault perpetration for the purpose of designing, enhancing, and evaluating prevention and intervention programs.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Society of Addiction Psychology (APA Division 50)