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Citation

Sandberg AA, Murdoch M, Polusny MA, Grill J. Psychol. Rep. 2012; 110(2): 461-468.

Affiliation

Minneapolis VA Health Care System, MN 55417, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22662399

Abstract

Surveys are among the most common methods for evaluating military sexual assault experiences among members of the U.S. military; however, little research has examined how receiving surveys about such sexual assaults might affect recipients. In the present sample of 530 active duty and veteran military personnel, just 10% reported unexpected upset, 11% reported regretting participation in the survey, and 22% reported benefitting from that participation overall. A minority of respondents with a history of sexual assault while in the military reported unexpected upset, although the prevalence was three times higher than that of participants without such history (24% vs 8%). There were no statistically significant differences in perceived regret and benefit of participation in the survey between those with and without a history of sexual assault while in the military. Although limited in number, male military sexual assault survivors (n = 8) were significantly more likely than female survivors to report being more upset by the survey than they had anticipated. Implications for future research are discussed.


Language: en

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