Examining peer response to sexual assault disclosure in two groups of college students with no history of college sexual assault

Fleming, CJ Eubanks; Belanger, Elizabeth; Bonanno, KellyAnn

doi:10.1080/07448481.2020.1776295

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“…However, in an actual situation, a particular victim might only need emotional support. This explanation may also explain why in previous research, participants reporting on actual responses recommend fewer resources than participants reporting on a hypothetical scenario (Fleming et al, 2020). Alternatively, disclosure recipients may provide a narrower range of reactions (e.g., listening only) when they are confused about how to respond.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…However, in general, participants report far more positive than negative reactions, both for actual social reactions and anticipated social reactions (Davis & Brickman, 1996; Edwards & Ullman, 2018; Paul et al, 2013, 2014a; Untied et al, 2012). In one study, there was a difference between actual and intended responses in terms of number of resources recommended: a group of participants who responded about actual responses recommended far fewer resources to victims than a group of participants who anticipated responses (Fleming et al, 2020). However, no research has examined whether anticipated behavioral responses longitudinally predict actual behavioral responses.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, such confusion about how help victims predicts supporter distress (Milliken et al, 2016). At least one study has compared anticipated and actual cognitive responses cross-sectionally, finding a group who reported on anticipated responses was similar to a group reporting actual responses on awareness of resources that may be helpful to victims (Fleming et al, 2020). However, no research has examined whether anticipated cognitive responses longitudinally predict actual cognitive responses.…”

Section: Cognitive Responses To Disclosure: Perceptions Of the Victimmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the association between anticipated and actual responses to disclosures of intimate partner violence and sexual assault

Waterman

Dworkin

Dardis

et al. 2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) commonly disclose their experiences to friends or family members, or within other personal relationships. Disclosure recipients’ responses to these disclosures are associated with victims’ mental health. Previous research has separately measured both actual responses to IPV/SA and anticipated responses to IPV/SA (e.g., response to a hypothetical scenario) from the perspective of disclosure recipients. Yet, little research has described the association between disclosure recipients’ anticipated and actual responses. The aim of the current paper was to use a prospective design to examine the association between disclosure recipients’ anticipated and actual responses to IPV/SA, including positive and negative social reactions, perceptions of victim responsibility, empathy, and confusion and ineffectiveness about how to respond. Participants ( N = 126 college students aged 18–23; 70.6% women) answered questions about their anticipated responses to a hypothetical IPV/SA disclosure scenario, and then six months later answered the same questions about their actual responses to an actual disclosure of IPV/SA. Although most anticipated and actual responses were significantly associated, associations were moderate in size. Some associations were stronger for participants with a closer relationship to the victim, for participants who had their own victimization history, for women, and for men. Individuals can predict their responses to some degree, but are not totally accurate in doing so.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Behavioral Responses To Disclosure: Anticipated and Actual Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cognitive Responses To Disclosure: Perceptions Of the Victimmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the association between anticipated and actual responses to disclosures of intimate partner violence and sexual assault

Waterman

Dworkin

Dardis

et al. 2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Although results from the current study contribute to our understanding of perceptions and response to peer disclosures of teen dating violence, this study is not without limitations. First, participant perceptions and responses to dating violence were assessed using hypothetical scenarios which may not reflect what participants would actually do in that situation (see Felming et al, 2020; Waterman et al, 2021). Although research that asks about individual's lived experiences or provides open‐ended responses is important, quantitative studies with hypothetical vignettes and forced‐choice questions are also critical, allowing for direct comparisons of how certain factors influence one's reactions across different types of dating violence.…”

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Teen perceptions of adolescent dating violence

Morrison

Hymel

Craig

et al. 2023

Journal of Adolescence

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IntroductionPrevious research shows that adolescents who experience dating violence most often disclose their victimization to a peer or friend, more so than to other sources of support. However, surprisingly little research has explored how adolescents respond to peer disclosures of dating violence. Addressing this gap, the present study assessed variations in adolescents' perceptions of blame, interpretations of the incident as violence, and intentions to respond across physical, psychological, sexual, cyber‐psychological, and cyber‐sexual dating violence scenarios.MethodsAs part of a national research project across Canada, 663 high school adolescents (432 girls, 65.2%) between the ages of 14‐17 were randomly assigned to complete a questionnaire which included one of five different hypothetical dating violence scenarios. Next, participants responded to questions about their perceptions of the incident, as well as victim and perpetrator blame and responsibility, and their intentions to respond.ResultsResults indicated that the type of dating violence experienced and the age and gender of participants all played a role in perceptions of blame, understandings of violence, and intentions to respond.ConclusionsAs one of the first studies to explore how adolescents perceived and responded to dating violence, considering both in‐person and cyber forms of dating violence, this study fills an important gap in the literature. Findings underscore the uniqueness of cyber forms of dating violence and how pre/intervention programs must address the specific contexts and issues unique to each type of dating violence.

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Examining peer response to sexual assault disclosure in two groups of college students with no history of college sexual assault

Cited by 2 publications

References 33 publications

Exploring the association between anticipated and actual responses to disclosures of intimate partner violence and sexual assault

Exploring the association between anticipated and actual responses to disclosures of intimate partner violence and sexual assault

Teen perceptions of adolescent dating violence

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