Impact of Self-Blame and Social Reactions on Adult Sexual Assault Sequelae-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Impact of Self-Blame and Social Reactions on Adult Sexual Assault Sequelae

Published:2024-01-09 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1054-1373
Container-title:Illness, Crisis & Loss
language:en
Short-container-title:Illness, Crisis & Loss

Author:

Choi Jihyeon¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Co-Research Cooperative, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2. Women’s Institute, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Abstract

This study examined the effects of self-blame attribution and social response after disclosure of sexual assault on the adult female victims’ trauma symptoms. The author applied a sequential explanatory mixed method and quantitatively analyzed the data from 81 women and subsequently conducted in-depth interviews with 10 women who experienced sexual assault in their adulthood. In the final stage, we integrated the two phases and interpreted how self-blame, family reactions, response from institutions, and rape myths affect the sequelae of the victims of sexual assault. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the relationship and impact of individual and social contextual factors of sexual assault sequelae.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10541373231225516

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