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CROSS-CULTURAL EXAMINATION OF POST-DRINKING SEXUAL INFERENCES
MarYam Hamedani
(Middlebury class of 2001) and Carlos Vélez-Blasini
Presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. Baltimore, MD,
March 24-26, 2000.
Native
Puerto Rican and U.S.
respondents were presented hypothetical heterosexual date vignettes which
systematically manipulated the drinking behavior of each character. Each
vignette was followed by a description of a date-rape. Results suggest the
presence of important cultural differences in the interpretation of the
behavior of the characters in the story as a function of their drinking.
Differences associated with non-aggressive behavior were less critical;
differences upon exposure to sexual violence were large and important.
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