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A Qualitative Study on Secondary Victimization in Sexual Assault Victims
"본 연구는 성폭력 피해자들이 성폭력 사건 후 의학적 및 사법적인 개입 과정에서 경험하는 이차 희생을 피해자들의 심리적 경험을 통해 알아보고, 이를 토대로 성폭력 피해자들의 이차 희생을 최소화할 수 있는 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구 참여자는 성폭력 피해를 경험한 성인 피해자 5명과 피해 아동의 어머니 3명이었다. 자료수집은 성폭력 피해 후 경험한 과정에 대한 반구조적 질문지를 통한 심층면담을 진행하여 이루어졌다. 현상학적 방법에 따라 자료를 분석하여 참여자들이 기술한 경험을 특징짓는 주요 주제와 범주들을 추출하였다. 본 연구에 …
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Sexual Assault, Perceived Stigma, and Christian Fundamentalism: Understanding Support Seeking Among Victims.
<p>For women, sexual assault is a widespread problem with numerous psychological consequences, yet many victims do not seek support. The present study investigates this lack of support seeking in the context of stigma. It is hypothesized that sexual assault victims who perceive themselves as …
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Predictors of Decision-Making and Well-Being among Victims of Sexual Assault
<p>After sexual assaults, victims face many decisions regarding disclosure and reporting. Most research identifying risk factors for poor health among sexual assault victims, including assault typology, prior victimization, and substance use, does little to contextualize decision-making and …
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Perceptions of male rape victims: Examining rape myth acceptance and victim blaming attitudes among a sample of college students
… indicates that women comprise the majority of sexual assault victims. Emerging research suggests that although men are less likely than women to be sexually victimized, a sizeable minority of men experience sexual assault in their lifetimes and a growing body of literature has begun to consider …
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Feeling heard, respected and emotionally understood: empathic communication in simulated sexual assault interviews with police trainees
Sexual assault survivors often describe the initial police interview as a pivotal moment: respectful, emotionally attuned communication can reduce secondary victimization and support continued engagement with the justice process, while dismissive or poorly timed responses can intensify distress. …
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Sexual Violence Victimization, Mental Health, and University-Based Health Service Use Among College Females
… and 24 consistently experience higher rates of sexual violence compared to females in any other age group (Sinozich & Langton, 2014). Approximately one in five college women experience sexual violence victimization (SVV; Krebs, Lindquist, Berzofsky, Shook-Sa & Peterson, 2016) during the academic …
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Perceptions of Law Enforcement Officers: Pornography as a Risk Factor for Peer-on-Peer Child Sexual Abuse
Data on peer-on-peer child sexual demonstrates up to one-third of child sexual assaults perpetrated by other children and what the limited data suggest is that these rates are increasing. These alarming rates of sexual abuse take place alongside increased hyper-access to pornography, with the …
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Sexual Assault on College Campuses: An Investigation of Psychological Well-Being and Reporting Behaviors of Female Victims
One in five college women have been sexually assaulted since enrolling in university classes. Past research had identified a relationship between experiencing sexual assault and poor psychological outcomes. After experiencing a sexual assault, victims engage in meaning making of the assault, which …
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Age at Sexual Assault and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Females Residents of Virginia
… extremely stressful or traumatic life events. Sexual assault is considered as one of the most traumatic stressor in life. Although few studies investigated the association between history of sexual assault and PTSD, no studies have examined the impact of age at sexual assault on PTSD.Method A …
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Police training in sexual assault response: Comparison of approaches
… of negative police attitudes and behavior toward sexual assault victims, and a number of authors have responded with calls for improved training in this area. Unfortunately, very few such programs are described in the literature and almost none are systematically evaluated, so it remains difficult …