Alcohol expectancies regarding sex, aggression, and sexual vulnerability: Reliability and validity assessment

This study was designed to validate the alcohol Expectancies Regarding Sex, Aggression, and Sexual Vulnerability Questionnaire. This instrument includ es alcohol expectancies in 4 domains (aggression, sexual affect, sexual dri ve, and vulnerability to sexual coercion) for 3 targets (self, women, and m en). Confirmatory factor analyses with 715 undergraduates supported the hyp othesized factor structure for the entire sample, as well as for gender and ethnic subgroups. Each of the subscales had high internal consistency reli ability, moderate test-retest reliability, and good discriminant validity. Multivariate analyses of variance supported the hypothesis that participant s' alcohol expectancies for other people conformed to gender role stereotyp es. Participants saw themselves as being less influenced by alcohol than we re others. Implications for sexual assault prevention programs are discusse d.