Victimization history and victim-assailant relationship as factors in recovery from sexual assault |
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Authors: | Susan Roth Kathy Wayland Mary Woolsey |
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Affiliation: | (1) Duke University, 27706 Durham, North Carolina |
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Abstract: | The present study investigated the psychological aftermath of sexual assault in a probability sample of university women, with an emphasis on how various aspects of a victim's lifetime sexual assault history and their relationship with their assailant(s) mediate posttraumatic recovery. Victims were almost twice as likely as nonvictims to meet given criteria for a psychiatric case. Surprisingly, date rape victims were as distressed as victims of chronic childhood assault, possibly because of the ambiguous nature of the assault circumstance. Also, repeated victimization was related to denial, a symptom of posttraumatic stress. Denial was discussed in regard to the likelihood of its increasing the risk of revictimization. |
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Keywords: | victimization victim-assailant relationship sexual assault rape date rape |
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