Childhood abuse and sexual violence against women are prevalent in the United States. However, researchers have not fully explored the intersection among important predisposing factors that predict recent sexual violence experienced by women who are also survivors of childhood abuse. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among early childhood trauma, alexithymia, impulsivity, alcohol use severity, and sexual victimization in later life among female college students from the United States (n = 1,178). Participants were part of a larger cross-cultural study, conducted between 2012 to 2014, which examined sexual aggression and victimization in the context of alcohol use. The current study aimed to examine if: (a) early trauma, impulsivity, alexithymia, and alcohol use severity impact sexual victimization in later life, and (b) if impulsivity, alexithymia, and alcohol use severity mediate the relationship between early trauma and victimization in later life. It was hypothesized that impulsivity, alexithymia, and alcohol use severity would significantly mediate the relationship between early trauma and sexual victimization in later life. Using a multiple mediation path analysis, results indicated that early childhood trauma was significantly linked with impulsivity, alcohol use severity, and sexual victimization in later life. A partial mediation through impulsivity and alcohol use severity was observed. Alexithymia did not produce mediation effects. These findings align with previous research examining how early childhood trauma influences the occurrence of sexual victimization in later life and provides further recommendations for helping professionals as they attempt to stifle the sexual victimization rates among female college students.

对妇女的童年虐待和性暴力在美国很普遍。然而，研究人员还没有充分探索重要的诱发因素之间的交集，这些因素可以预测同样是童年虐待幸存者的女性最近经历的性暴力。本研究的目的是调查美国女大学生的幼儿期创伤、述情障碍、冲动性、酗酒严重程度和晚年性受害之间的关系（n= 1,178）。参与者是 2012 年至 2014 年间进行的一项更大的跨文化研究的一部分，该研究调查了饮酒背景下的性侵犯和受害情况。目前的研究旨在检查：(a) 早期创伤、冲动、述情障碍和酒精使用的严重程度是否会影响以后生活中的性受害，以及 (b) 冲动、述情障碍和酒精使用的严重程度是否介导了早期创伤和受害之间的关系在以后的生活中。据推测，冲动、述情障碍和酗酒的严重程度将显着调节早期创伤与晚年性受害之间的关系。使用多重中介路径分析，结果表明儿童早期创伤与冲动、酗酒的严重程度和晚年的性受害显着相关。观察到通过冲动和酒精使用严重程度的部分调解。述情障碍不产生中介效应。这些发现与之前的研究一致，研究早期儿童创伤如何影响以后生活中性受害的发生，并为帮助专业人员试图扼杀女大学生的性受害率提供了进一步的建议。