Psychological Consequences Associated With Positive and Negative Responses to Disclosure of Sexual Assault Among College Women: A Prospective Study

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• Alternative Title:
  Violence Against Women
• Personal Author:
  Orchowski, Lindsay M. ; Gidycz, Christine A.
• Description:
  A prospective design was utilized to explore the impact of social reactions to sexual assault disclosure among college women who experienced sexual victimization over a 4-month academic quarter. Women completed baseline, 4- and 7-month assessments of symptomatology, beliefs about why sexual assault occurs, victimization, and social reactions to sexual assault disclosure. Accounting for symptomatology or beliefs reported prior to the assault, positive social reactions were not associated with victims' subsequent symptomatology or beliefs. However, accounting for symptomatology or beliefs reported prior to the assault, higher negative social reactions were associated with victims' post-assault reports of hostility, fear, and beliefs about why sexual assault occurs.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Article Attitude Crime Victims Culture Disclosure Fear Female Hostility Humans Male Prospective Studies Rape Sexual Assault Social Perception Social Reactions Social Support Stress, Psychological Truth Disclosure Universities Young Adult

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• Source:
  Violence Against Women. 21(7):803-823.
• Pubmed ID:
  25926138
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4632843
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32 AA007459/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States ; 1 R49 CE0009239/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; T32 AA07459/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1debbcf423e4e7282909afabff4d146ea32a677aedec0c692ac270b268cb1103
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36405/cdc_36405_DS1.pdf
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