Young people, alcohol and sex : What's consent got to do with it? Research report

MacNeela, Pádraig

Young people, alcohol and sex : What's consent got to do with it? Research report Exploring how attitudes to alcohol impact on judgements about consent to sexual activity : a qualitative study of university students Pádraig MacNeela, Thomas Conway, Siobhán Kavanagh, Lisa Ann Kennedy and John McCaffrey - Galway, Ireland : Rape Crisis Network Ireland, 2014 - electronic document (84 pages); PDF file: 1.2 MB

This qualitative study explores the intersection of university students’ attitudes to alcohol use and consent to engage in sexual activity. The study was carried out by researchers at the School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, commissioned by Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI), between March and December, 2013. This report describes:
• The background to the study
• The two qualitative methodologies used to collect and analyse data
• The findings that arose from student reactions to hypothetical scenarios of non-consenting sexual activity, and
• Discusses the findings in respect of the scope to support change in attitudes to alcohol use and consent. (From the Introduction). Record #4955

978-0-9571610-8-5


ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP ABUSE
ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM
ALCOHOL USE
ATTITUDES
CONSENT
DATING VIOLENCE
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
RAPE
TERTIARY EDUCATION
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG WOMEN
SEXUAL VIOLENCE


IRELAND