The Sequelae of Sexual Assault

Hall, Kathi; Healy, Ellen T.; Galovski, Tara E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23645-8_16

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“…Victims may experience sleep difficulties, cognition changes, interpersonal and emotional difficulties, and symptoms consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Dworkin et al, 2017). One literature review found that up to 96% of female survivors developed symptoms consistent with a PTSD diagnosis within the first week following a rape, and 47% of participants qualified for a PTSD diagnosis 3 months later (Hall et al, 2019). While negative outcomes following assault are virtually universal, the degree of suffering and process of healing varies depending on multiple factors.…”

Section: The Need To Understand How Women Respond To Disclosures Of Samentioning

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Variations in Women’s Attribution of Blame for Sexual Assault

Strickler,

Martin,

Khong

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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In the United States, sexual assault (SA) is a significant problem that has adverse psychological impacts on women. Scholarship has shown that when survivors choose to disclose their experiences, the way their networks react has a powerful impact on their well-being, but literature on response to SA disclosure has not extensively explored variation among women, who are likely recipients of these disclosures. This study explored variation among perceptions of and blame attribution for SA within a geographically and politically diverse but primarily White sample of women. Participants were assigned one of four vignettes, each of which described a non-stereotypical SA. The vignettes differed in two ways: (1) the social status of the perpetrator of the assault and (2) the length of time the victim waited to report. Results showed that being older and more politically conservative was associated with assigning less blame to the perpetrator and more blame to the victim, but neither education level nor where the participant lived were linked with blame attribution. While women’s own experiences of SA were unrelated to their responses, having a loved one who had experienced SA was associated with less victim blaming. With respect to attitudes, women endorsing higher levels of social dominance orientation (SDO) and sexism also reported higher levels of victim blame and lower levels of perpetrator blame. Further research should explore the role of specific personal experiences and knowledge of others’ SA in assignment of blame, investigate the predictors and moderators of SDO, and should extend these findings to more racially/ethnically diverse samples of women.

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Section: The Need To Understand How Women Respond To Disclosures Of Samentioning

confidence: 99%

Variations in Women’s Attribution of Blame for Sexual Assault

Strickler,

Martin,

Khong

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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“…The studies varied regarding presentation mode (i.e., written descriptions, videotapes, or audiotapes), context (courtroom or non-courtroom), participant sample (students, police trainees, police officers/investigators, judges), and crime type (e.g., rape, child sexual assault, harassment). van Doorn and Koster (2019) also found support for the tendency of the public to expect victims to have a specific emotional reaction to rape: sadness (see also Arditte Hall et al, 2019;Dworkin et al, 2017;Haskell & Randall, 2019). When this expectation was met, victim credibility increased but when it was not met, victim credibility decreased.…”

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“…(Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network [RAINN], 2021). For example, some rape victims (also commonly referred to as survivors or complainants in a legal context) experience significant distress post-assault leading to the development of psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or substance use disorder (Dworkin et al, 2017; Ullman & Peter-Hagene, 2016), while others may display no observable symptoms or emotional distress (Arditte Hall et al, 2019; Maddox et al, 2011, 2012). Regarding adult rape victims, RAINN (2021) estimates that 90% of victims are female and approximately 10% of rape victims are male in the United States.…”

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Mock Juror Perceptions of a Male or Female Adult Rape Victim Crying in the Courtroom

Pals

Levi

Meier

et al. 2023

Violence Against Women

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This study investigated the impact of victim crying and gender on perceptions of rape cases. Participants (N = 240, 51.5% male, 48.1% female) completed a 2 (victim crying) × 2 (victim gender) × 2 (participant gender) between-participants design with case judgments (e.g., verdict) as the DVs. Results found that a rape victim crying during testimony increased pro-victim judgments compared to when the victim did not cry, that female mock jurors were more pro-victim than males, but that victim gender was insignificant. Finally, the mediation model found that victim crying increased their credibility, increasing the likelihood of a guilty verdict.

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Polizeilicher Umgang mit Betroffenen von sexueller Gewalt

Hellmann

Posch

2023

Handbuch Polizeipsychologie

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The Sequelae of Sexual Assault

Cited by 5 publications

References 107 publications

Variations in Women’s Attribution of Blame for Sexual Assault

Variations in Women’s Attribution of Blame for Sexual Assault

Mock Juror Perceptions of a Male or Female Adult Rape Victim Crying in the Courtroom

Polizeilicher Umgang mit Betroffenen von sexueller Gewalt

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