These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: "The red zone": temporal risk for unwanted sex among college students.
    Author: Flack WF, Caron ML, Leinen SJ, Breitenbach KG, Barber AM, Brown EN, Gilbert CT, Harchak TF, Hendricks MM, Rector CE, Schatten HT, Stein HC.
    Journal: J Interpers Violence; 2008 Sep; 23(9):1177-96. PubMed ID: 18319370.
    Abstract:
    The "red zone" usually refers to the first few weeks of the first semester at college, when female students are believed to be at greatest risk for experiencing unwanted sex. We tested this notion using data from a survey study of 207 first-and second-year students (121 women, 84 men) at a small, liberal arts university. Results demonstrated only one significant elevation in incidence rates of first- and second-year women's unwanted sexual experiences (sexual touching, attempted and completed anal, oral, and vaginal sex), between the end of the first month and fall break (mid-October) during the second year at school. Previous research and local information about the relevant behaviors of sorority and fraternity members is discussed in light of these findings to provide heuristic material for further empirical testing. Because risk may involve both temporal and situational factors, systematic collection and dissemination of local data are recommended.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]