Citation

Carretta CM, Burgess AW. Violence Vict. 2013; 28(2): 248-258.

Affiliation

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA. carrie.carretta@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23763110

Abstract

This study reports the findings of an anonymous web-based survey to test differences in symptom presentation (depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) among women who experienced different types of sexual trauma (forcible, pressured, sex stress). The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design with an online convenience sample of 243 adult females living primarily in the United States. The findings revealed that there was a statistically significant difference among type of sexual trauma groups for depression (p = .013) and PTSD (p = .044) but not for anxiety (p = .183). Post hoc analysis of the overall difference in depression revealed that the multiple rape type group (p = .010) and the forcible sex group (p = .016) had higher levels of depression.

Language: en