College women are at significantly greater risk of sexual assault compared with women in general. Survivors of sexual assault are at risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) and problems with sexual intimacy. PTSD is characterized by five symptom clusters, two of w…
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Problem. The problem of this study was to identify the risk groups and explore the sociodemographic risk factors for violent crime victimization among adolescents and young adults surveyed in the 1992-1994 National Crime Victimization Survey. The context of the analysis was scho…
Since 1988, the Department of Defense (DoD) has conducted wide-scale surveys about the sexual assault experiences of active-duty military members. Despite the growing body of research on this topic and widespread gender integration efforts for female soldiers, scholars still lac…
Women have fought for equality in society and despite making great strides there is still a level of inequality within specific areas of the United States Armed Forces. While not technically allowed to take part in combat operations, women have been heavily involved in the fight…
These poems examine themes of war, trauma, and childhood. The voices that emerge in this collection struggle to understand how their identities are molded by the memories they explore but often wish to forget.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether women who experience abuse as an adult have experienced abuse as a child. The relationship between the types of abuse experienced as a female adult and the types of abuse experienced as a child was also examined. Previous research…
Eşe karşı cinsel saldırı suçu 5237 sayılı Türk Ceza Kanunu’nun 102. maddesinin ikinci fıkrasında düzenlenmiş önemli bir konudur. Her ne kadar Kanunumuzda düzenleme bulunması nedeniyle sorun olmadığı düşünülebilir ise de konunun tartışılması neticesinde konunun çok fazla belirsiz…
There has been a great amount of research conducted on women around the world, but limited focus has been placed on the countries of West Africa. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to gain insight into first-generation women of West African descent living in the United S…
Sexual assault has been found to increase the risk of distressing psychological symptoms including PTSD, depression, somatization, drug and substance use, lower quality of life and experiential avoidance. As such, interventions for reducing the distress and negative impacts of s…
Sexual assault and victim blaming are a severe problem. Being sexually assaulted increases the risk of physical and mental health issues for the victims. When the victims are blamed for being sexually assaulted, their physical and mental health issues increase substantially. Man…
Sexual assault is highly prevalent in the adult population and past literature has focused on the disclosure of sexual assault to formal and informal support providers. Social reactions to sexual assault have been linked to various outcomes for the individual and they may play a…
The focus of this retrospective, descriptive study is to describe non-anogenital and anogenital injuries documented in over 5,000 sexual assault forensic medical examination (SAFME) reports of female patients. The study findings expand understanding of injuries documented follow…
Sexual assault affects many women and men in the United States and can have serious long-term negative consequences for the victims (Kilpatrick, Edumuds, Seymour, 1992; Langton & Truman, 2014; Morgan & Truman, 2018; Rothbaum, Foa, Riggs, Murdock, & Walsh, 1992). Victims are ofte…
Despite intense efforts to prevent sexual coercion, sexual assault continues to occur at alarmingly high rates in the U.S. Sexual arousal has been associated with increased self-reported likelihood of sexually coercive behavior in experimental laboratory studies. The relationshi…
Sexual assault is a pervasive issue affecting survivors physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Research suggests that utilization of mind-body approaches, as well as spiritual and religious practices, may benefit survivors coping with the effects of sexual assault. Two un…
The abuse of a woman’s body had been a normative practice since the recordings of Old Testament narratives. This study is designed to confront the inherent gender bias that contributed to the devaluation and abuse of a female body, especially for women in minority communities. H…
Individuals who have been sexually assaulted live with the financial, physical, psychological, and social costs of victimization long after the assault happens. This study utilizes a snowball sample to explore and detail the lived experiences of three (n=3) individuals who have …
Sexual trauma is linked with increased risk for psychiatric disorders, health problems, psychosocial difficulties, and negative emotional states, such as guilt and self-blame. Sexual trauma history, especially during childhood, also increases the risk of exposure to additional t…
Research examining the connection between a past history of sexual violence and a current eating disorder has been largely quantitative in nature and focused on finding a correlation between the two (Root, 1991; Dubosc et al., 2012; Dansky, Brewerton, Kilpatrick, and O’Neil, 199…