A5057977601- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Sex work and related issues
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Disaster Response and Management
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
2021-2025
University of Colorado System
2025
Ghent University
2024
Ghent University Hospital
2024
KU Leuven
2024
Artevelde University College Ghent
2024
East Carolina University
2012-2021
Sam Houston State University
2006-2009
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
2004-2007
Virginia Tech
2003
The coping strategies that a victim of rape engages in can have strong impact on the development and persistence psychological symptoms. Research provides evidence victims who rely heavily avoidance strategies, such as suppression, are less likely to recover successfully than those these strategies. present study utilized structural path analysis identify predictors following examined factors assault itself (e.g., force, alcohol use), sequelae self-blame, loss self-worth), social support...
Social support is an important factor in posttrauma adjustment. However, little research has simultaneously evaluated helpful and harmful aspects of on victims' post-assault adjustment, as well the relationships among these variables over time. The current study perceived negative disclosure reactions predictors factors a sample 262 college rape victims. Of women, 74 completed 6-month follow-up. Analyses suggested that may play unique roles Implications for future examining role different...
Technology-assisted mental health services are becoming much more routinely utilized by clients and practitioners alike.Clinicians practicing telepsychology must prepare themselves in order to provide competent care this ever-evolving context of service delivery.Although has been written with regards considerations ethical legal practice, practical logistical guidelines, the advantages disadvantages delivery via use technology, little no attention paid issues related therapeutic boundaries...
How a victim of rape characterizes her assault has potential implications for postassault experiences and revictimization risk. Prior research identified several benefits to not conceptualizing one's experience as form victimization. The current study sought identify whether there are costs acknowledging well, specifically unacknowledged victims at elevated risk revictimization. behaviors 334 acknowledged female college were compared. Unacknowledged reported more hazardous alcohol use likely...
The Sexual Experiences Survey [SES] is considered the gold standard measure of non-consensual sexual experiences. This article introduces a new victimization version [SES-V] developed by multidisciplinary collaboration, first revision since 2007. 2024 SES-V designed to construct exploitation 14th birthday. Notable revisions are adoption freely given permission for non-consent, introduction tactics and acts, including made perform or penetrate another person's body, tactics-first wording...
Sexual assault is associated with a number of health risk behaviors in women. It has been hypothesized that these behaviors, such as hazardous drinking, may represent women’s attempts to cope psychological distress, symptoms depression and anxiety. However, extant research failed evaluate relationships among ethnic minority samples or identify the mechanisms responsible for this association. The current study examined sexual history two (hazardous drinking engaging behavior regulate negative...
Only a minority of adolescent/adult survivors seek formal assistance following sexual victimization, and as such may not receive adequate care. The current paper is systematic review the published literature on barriers to help-seeking from within an ecological systems framework. Results supported that often face significant at multiple levels system. At individual level, include being member oppressed or minoritized group, lack acknowledgment self-stigma related one's victimization....
Abstract Research suggests that over half of the women who have experienced forced, unwanted sex do not label this experience as rape. Given strikingly high prevalence, a better understanding why victims acknowledge rape well implications for victim acknowledging seems imperative. The present article reviews what is known about unacknowledged and discusses potential theories phenomenon, including script theory, which posits their because it does match event-related ideas impact on recovery...
Studies of college rape victims have found that many are unacknowledged; is, they do not label their experience rape. The current study investigated factors associated with unacknowledged among low-income women. Out a sample 1,033 women, 167 reported having experienced Unacknowledged victims, relative to acknowledged less violent assaults and more alcohol use before the assault were likely been assaulted by romantic partner. also disclosed often fewer feelings stigma. Implications work for...
Sexual violence is a potential key risk factor for adolescent suicidal behavior but has not been studied extensively. Thus, the current study examined extent to which sexual assault predicted suicide attempts among students in national Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey (2007 data). Gender differences overall and victims were examined. The results supported that with histories significantly more likely (odds ratio [OR]=6.4) have reported at least one attempt past year than who...
People’s responses to acute stress are largely thought comprise four prototypical patterns of resilience, gradual recovery, chronic distress, and delayed distress. Here we present evidence an additional response pattern: psychological improvement. Female survivors the Virginia Tech shootings ( N = 368) completed assessments before at 2, 6, 12 months post-shooting. Latent growth mixture modeling revealed distinct trajectories continuous Although resilience was most common pattern (56%–59%), a...
A sexual victimization history is a risk factor for experiencing further victimization. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms have been posited as predictors of revictimization through multiple pathways, including their association with recognition and alcohol use. There is, however, limited longitudinal research examining these factors, the extent to which they predict forcible rape (rape involving threat or force) incapacitated victim by substances). Additionally, there no...