Social support and Resilience: The mediation role of loneliness among female sexually assault survivors with PTSD

Söylemez, İ̇̇̇brahim; Dursun, Pınar

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“…Exposure to trauma and PTSD tend to be elevated among Indigenous peoples, up to two and three times that of non-Indigenous peoples [ 3 , 5 , 41 ]. Moreover, the protective factors of family resilience as well as social and community support were also less for sexual violence survivors; this would exacerbate recovery from sexual violence and contribute to poorer outcomes, including substance abuse and mental health [ 25 , 61 , 65 ]. Indeed, and as expected, at the psychological level, sexual violence survivors, on average, experienced higher consumption of alcohol and PTSD – both disparities driving the mortality and morbidity of Indigenous peoples [ 18 , 52 , 61 ].…”

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“…Further, the lack of justice for survivors of sexual violence may act as a further roadblock to resilience, as injustice may contribute to feeling helpless and out of control. Life satisfaction was also lower for violence survivors, along with spiritual well-being, which could connect to violence survivors feeling loneliness and disconnection [ 65 ].…”

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“…Among the general population, social support has been identified as a key protective factor in the prevention of sexual assault [ 62 ]. After an assault, social support, especially from friends, relatives, and the community are associated with better outcomes [ 25 , 61 , 65 ]. However, this social support relationship was strongest when the survivor did not use substances to cope [ 25 ] and reported lower rates of loneliness [ 65 ].…”

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“…After an assault, social support, especially from friends, relatives, and the community are associated with better outcomes [ 25 , 61 , 65 ]. However, this social support relationship was strongest when the survivor did not use substances to cope [ 25 ] and reported lower rates of loneliness [ 65 ]. For childhood sexual abuse survivors, family support, family cohesion and lack of family conflict are associated with improved resilience and recovery after assault [ 46 ].…”

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Sexual violence against Indigenous women has long been used as a tool of colonial violence and conquest. As a contemporary form of historical oppression that may drive associated health and mental health inequities, Indigenous women in the United States experience sexual violence at greater levels than the general population and at and twice the rate of Indigenous men. We use the Indigenous framework of historical oppression, resilience, and transcendence (FHORT) to understand Indigenous women’s experiences of sexual violence and how it differentiates across ecological outcomes related to health and wellness. This exploratory sequential multimethod study with 563 participants ( n = 436 qualitative and n = 127 quantitative survey participants) qualitatively explores how Indigenous peoples describe sexual violence and quantitatively investigates key differences across ecological outcomes of wellness related to sexual violence, including alcohol use and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results indicated that all participants (100 percent) who reported sexual violence were women. Thematic analysis of qualitative results revealed the themes related to familial, non-familial, and the historical oppression of a lack of accountability for perpetrators. Quantitative t -Tests results revealed that experiencing sexual violence was associated with significant differences across ecological dimensions of wellness including (a) structural: higher historical oppression, historical loss, oppression, and discrimination; (b) relational: higher adverse childhood experiences and stressful life events and lower family resilience and social support; (c) spiritual: lower spiritual-well-being and life satisfaction; and (d) psychological/behavioral: higher levels of alcohol use, PTSD, and lower levels of psychological resilience. Thus, sexual violence profoundly affected Indigenous women.

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Social support and Resilience: The mediation role of loneliness among female sexually assault survivors with PTSD

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“You Can Get Away with Anything Here… No Justice at All”— Sexual Violence Against U.S. Indigenous Females and Its Consequences

“You Can Get Away with Anything Here… No Justice at All”— Sexual Violence Against U.S. Indigenous Females and Its Consequences

Contemporary Forms of Historical Oppression: Experiences and Consequences of Gendered IPV and Sexual Violence Experiences

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