Victimization history and victim‐assailant relationship as factors in recovery from sexual assault

An ecological view of psychological trauma and trauma recovery

“…and duration of traumatic exposure (Kulka et al, 1990), characteristics of traumatizing events (Herman, Russell, & Trocki, 1986;Roth, Wayland & Woolsey, 1990), the way/s in which individual victims interpret these events (Roth & Lebowitz, 1988), and qualities of the larger environment (Green, Wilson, & Lindy, 1985; Koss & Harvey, 1991;Wilson, 1989) are equally important.…”

The relation between physical assault and psychological functioning in a sample of university women, and the relative effects of physical and sexual assault

“…Regarding the relationship between assault experience and psychiatric caseness, we previously found that sexual assault status was significantly associated with clinically elevated levels of psychiatric disturbance (Roth et aL, 1990). Our current study examined whether a similar relationship existed between physical assault and psychiatric caseness.…”

“…(Kilpatrick et Q L , 1985a;Roth et aL, 1990;Russell, 1984;Sorenson et QL, 1987), and that this type of interpersonal violence is associated with significant disturbances in psychological functioning for some victims (Cohen and Roth, 1987;Kilpatrick el aL, 1981Kilpatrick el aL, , 1985aRoth et aL, 1990;Russell, 1984). In fact, sexual abuse has been consistently shown to be a concurrent risk factor for psychiatric disturbance (George and Winfield-Laird, 1986;Sorenson et aL, 1987;Roth et al, 1990).…”

Survivor Revictimization: Object Relations Dynamics and Treatment Implications

“…In another study, Roth et al (1990) assessed the impact of sexual abuse on 345 female college students and 195 female college employees. Regardless of the characteristics of the sexual abuse, denial was found to be significantly related to repeated revictimization.…”

“…In addition, treatment direction based on that framework is presented. S urvivors of physical and sexual abuse commonly struggle with revictimization (Chu, 1992;Fryer & Miyoshi, 1994;Kluft, 1990;Mayall & Gold, 1995;Price, 1993;Roth, Wayland, & Woolsey, 1990;Stevenson & Gajarsky, 1991;Wyatt, Guthrie, & Notgrass, 1992). Survivor revictimization, or previously abused individuals' recurrence of abuse, is a highly studied topic in the literature regardless of the kind of abuse and is especially apparent in the research on battered women (Dutton & Painter, 1993;Rosen & Stith, 1993).…”