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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Sexual assault survivors"”.
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Spiritual needs of sexual assault survivors
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-90).
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Taking the Victim Out of Sexual Assault: The Effect of Self-Compassion on Sexual Assault Survivors
… would impact people’s responses to an imagined sexual assault scenario. Female undergraduates (N = 141) were randomly assigned to a self-compassion condition or a control. All participants imagined a vivid sexual assault scenario and rated how they anticipated they would feel following the …
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The differences in the psychological impact of trauma between female rape and non-sexual assault survivors
… more negatively on the mental health of rape survivors than non-sexual assault. For both groups the post trauma response has mainly been accounted for by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Findings from empirical studies are unequivocal that rape survivors are more likely to develop PTSD. …
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A multimethod examination of the relevance of executive control to disgust and mental contamination among female sexual assault survivors.
Sexual assault among women is a significant and ongoing public health problem in the United States, and studies indicate a particularly high prevalence of sexual assault among college-aged women. A large body of research has linked sexual assault to posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and …
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Social Reactions to Sexual Assault Survivors Presenting with PTSD: The Impact of Survivor Gender and Psychotherapy Treatment-Seeking Status
… of and willingness to provide social support to survivors of sexual assault presenting with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the survivor’s gender (male vs. female), psychotherapy treatment-seeking status (no treatment vs. dropped out after four sessions vs. still in treatment), and …
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Predictors of symptom severity and treatment attendance amongst rape and sexual assault survivors attending a Cape Town crisis counselling service
… retention rates of treatment-seeking rape survivors. This mixed methods study aimed to investigate predictors of symptom severity and treatment attendance amongst rape survivors attending a crisis counselling service in Cape Town. The quantitative phase of the research was comprised of a …
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Sexual Assault and Academic Achievement: Creating More Ideal College Campuses for Sexual Assault Survivors by Taking Into Account Intersectionality and Multiracial Feminism
… dissertation, the reader will learn about 28 sexual assault survivors' perceptions about educational and criminal justice responses to them after a sexual assault and how these sexual assault survivors perceived how race and ethnicity, income, and gender affect cases differently. Additionally, …
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Risk and Resilience: Exploring the Ecological Factors that Impact the Recovery of Sexual Assault Survivors at Two Centres in the Western Cape
Background: Sexual assault is highly prevalent in South Africa and many women who are sexually assaulted are at high risk of developing poor health outcomes, ranging from HIV to mental disorders. The high prevalence of sexual assault and the burden of poor health outcomes highlights a serious need …
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A longitudinal examination of posttraumatic growth (PTG) and posttraumatic stress disorder among female adult sexual assault survivors: exploring the roles of demographic factors, trauma history, social support, and institutional betrayal
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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IS THERE JUSTICE FOR SEXUAL TRAUMA? A STRUCTURAL MODEL TO EXAMINE FACTORS INFLUENCING POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AND DISTRESS
… had yet to be used in the United States or with sexual assault survivors specifically. Archival data of 217 female survivors of sexual assault who completed an online survey as part of the author’s thesis were analyzed through structural equation modeling (SEM). The BIUJS, when applied …
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Prevalence and correlates of sexually transmitted infections among female survivors of sexual assault at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
Sexual assault contributes to the burden of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in women and children of all ages. In children, the isolation of a sexually transmitted organism may be the first indication that sexual assault has occurred whilst in adults, the risk of acquiring a sexually …
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In The Eyes of The Law: Survivor Experiences and Image Construction Within Sexual Assault Cases
… has clearly documented the challenges that sexual assault survivors face within the legal system, yet little attention has been devoted to the ways in which survivors demonstrate agency during this process. The present study explored the ways in which sexual assault survivors navigate the …
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San Francisco's Response to Sexual Assault: Pathways to Creating a Survivor-Centered Criminal Justice System
<p>This research examines the process when adult sexual assault survivors in San Francisco decide to pursue legal justice and how survivors experience the local criminal justice system. My analysis exposes the mistreatment of survivors who participate with local law enforcement and recommends …
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THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-EFFICACY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIANTS OF SELF-BLAME AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS
<p>Sexual assault has consistently been found to be associated with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. Research shows that self-blaming attributions are directly linked to distress (Walsh, & Foshee, 1998; Walsh & Bruce, 2011). More specifically, the type of …
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Increased rape victims scale attitudes after relational rejection: The roles of entitlement and shame
… endorsement of victim blaming beliefs toward sexual assault survivors. Participants were randomly assigned to read one of five vignettes, including a woman romantically rejecting a man, socially rejecting him, romantically accepting him, socially accepting him, or a neutral control story. …
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Going Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age
… media technologies to capture and perpetuate sexual abuse. Focusing on instances of high-profile juvenile sexual assault, I use case studies, interviews, focus groups, and thematic media analysis to investigate (a) how crime, gender, status and technology intersect for young people growing up …
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Technological interventions to detect, communicate and prevent sexual assault
… 98 seconds, a person in the United States is sexually abused. Every 16 hours, a woman in the United States is murdered by her romantic partner or ex-partner. Sexual abuse, assault, and harassment are regarded as some of the most common human rights violations in the world by the United …
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Naming is power! Black and white adolescents define sexual coercion: A mixed methods study
… to explore adolescent conceptualizations of sexual coercion (i.e., any unwanted sexual experience) among Black and White girls and women. Adolescents are at significant risk for sexual coercion with over 50% of sexual assault survivors between the ages of 12 and 20 (Catalano, 2005). Smaller …
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