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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"sexual victimization"”.
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Sexual Victimization Among Sorority Women
… women have been found to be at greater risk for sexual victimization (including rape and sexual assault) than non-sorority women (29% to 7% respectively; Minow & Einolf, 2009) for several reasons, including: frequent contact and association with fraternity men, the prevalence of alcohol in Greek …
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An ecological study of repeated sexual victimization among college women.
An ecological study of repeated sexual victimization among college women.
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Rape myth acceptance and fear of sexual victimization on college campuses
… fear of crime and more specifically, fear of sexual assault. Research often focuses on the relationship between sex and fear of crime with findings consistently demonstrating that women are more fearful of being victimized compared to men (Lane et al., 2009). Scholars have attempted to explain …
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Social Anxiety as a Risk Factor of Sexual Victimization in College Women
Sexual victimization is a significant problem on college and university campuses, and it is important to evaluate risk factors for sexual victimization in order to attempt to reduce women's risk of victimization. This study investigated social interaction anxiety as a risk factor for sexual …
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A Test of a Model of Sexual Victimization: A Latent Variable Path Analysis
… review of prevalence rates, indicates that prior sexual victimization increases risk for future victimization (Messman & Long, 1996, Roodman & Clum, in press). The purpose of this study was to examine two competing models of sexual victimization that examined the path between child abuse and later …
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A Deafening Silence: Various School Systems' Reactions to Student Sexual Victimization by School Personnel
… of various school systems to learning of the sexual abuse of students by adult members of the school communities. The focus was on the reasons for the school systems decisions to accept or reject a report of sexual victimization of students, the levels of acceptance or rejection indicated by …
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Examining Sexual Victimization Among Women: Do Ecological Factors Predict the Severity of Sexual Assault?
Rape and other forms of sexual victimization against women are considered to be among the most severe and underreported crimes in the United States. Although all forms of sexual assault can be traumatic, there is research to suggest that the more severe the assault; specifically, the greater level …
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The Roles of Exercise Habits, Gender Stereotype of Exercise, and Self-Esteem in Sexual Victimization
… is scarce. One study found that self-reported victimization rates of female athletes were significantly lower when compared with another study's female non-athlete sample. More recently, research found significant differences in levels of self-esteem and sexual victimization rates between …
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The impact of prior sexual victimization and victim identification on threat recognition in a college sample
<p>Previous research on sexual assault has demonstrated a pattern of revictimization, in which victims of childhood sexual assault are at an increased risk for adult sexual assault (e.g., Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Previous findings indicate that participants with a history of sexual assault take …
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The Psychological Impact of Sexual Harassment and Previous Sexual Victimization in a Sample of Class Action Litigants
The present study examines the effects of sexual harassment on psychological outcomes in a sample of women involved in a sexual harassment class-action lawsuit (n = 492). Sexual harassment was found to predict symptoms of PTSD, general symptoms of anxiety, and cognitive schema related to trusting …
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Identifying Moderators of Resilience following Sexual Victimization: The Role of Resource Loss, Self-Efficacy and Social Support
Research suggests that the experience of sexual victimization leads to higher levels of psychopathology. It has been noted, however, that resource loss following the victimization, as opposed to the act of victimization itself, is the driving factor in adaptation following the victimization. The …
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Comparison of the incidence of sexual victimization and sexual aggressiveness among Greek affiliated and nongreek affiliated undergraduate students
… studies have suggested that the incidence of sexual violence within the college community is extremely pervasive {Finley & Corty, 1993; Koss & Oros, 1982; Muehlenhard & Linton, 1987). Popular media has targeted alcohol and Greek organizations as primary causes of sexual aggression on campus. …
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Sexual Assertiveness as a Predictor of Differential Vulnerability in Sexual Victimization Between Sorority- and Non-Affiliated College Women
… that college women are especially vulnerable to sexual victimization; more than 30% of her sample had experienced the legal definition of rape, which includes completed as well as attempted rape. Since then, several studies have found similar findings. Koss, Gidycz, and Wisniewski (1987) reported …
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The Role of Perceived Social Support in the Relationship between Sexual victimization and Post-traumatic Stress Symptomatology among College Women
Sexual victimization is an act of interpersonal violence that affects the lives of many college women. Such incidents are often characterized by women as traumatic experiences which also result forms of psychological distress, with the most common being posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The …
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Intra- and inter-personal predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder and sexual risk-taking behaviors
<p>Sexual risk-taking, while common in college culture, can increase the risk of sexual victimization. Nearly 20% of college women have been sexually assaulted (Krebs et al., 2009). Moreover, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been associated with sexual risk-taking (Johnson & Johnson, 2013). …
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Intrapersonal deficits & revictimization: factors predicting risk recognition
… whether intrapersonal factors, specifically sexual assertiveness and sexual self-esteem, would predict an individual's ability to detect risk for being sexually revictimized. A previously validated laboratory analogue (Angelone, Mitchell, & Carola, 2009), in which female participants are led …
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A content analysis of women's safety websites: rape myths and the internet
Women’s sexual victimization is perceived as a one sided problem that emphasizes women’s choices and neglect men’s accountability. Rape myths support an explanation of rape that allows women to remain fearful of sexual victimization. This thesis questions whether contemporary websites regarding …
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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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