Disclosure of Alcohol involved Sexual Assault among Asian American and White college women

Alcohol-involved sexual assault and disclosure history were compared for Asian American (AA) and White American college women (WW). Survey results indicated AA and WW were equally likely to experience alcohol-involved oral rape and anal rape and all sexual assault when alcohol was not involved, but WW experienced higher proportions of alcoholinvolved vaginal rape and unwanted sex play (USP). Seventy-two percent of AA and 82% of WW disclosed any sexual assault. When excluding disclosures to friends, only 10% of AA and 20% of WW disclosed any sexual assault. AA were significantly less likely than WW to disclose alcohol-involved USP to a parent and any USP to a parent and a friend. Results suggest both groups require comparable sexual assault research attention; consideration of culture is essential to understanding disclosure.