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Citation

Starzynski LL, Ullman SE, Filipas HH, Townsend SM. Violence Vict. 2005; 20(4): 417-432.

Affiliation

Department of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60607, USA. lstarz2@uic.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16250409

Abstract

Deciding which people to tell about sexual assault is an important and potentially consequential decision for sexual assault survivors. Women typically receive many different positive and negative reactions when they disclose sexual assault to social support sources. A diverse sample of adult sexual assault survivors in the Chicago area was surveyed about sexual assault experiences, social reactions received when disclosing assault to others, attributions of blame, coping strategies, and PTSD. Analyses were run to identify demographic, assault, and postassault factors differentiating women disclosing to informal support sources only from those disclosing to both informal and formal support sources. Women disclosing to both formal and informal support sources experienced more stereotypical assaults, had more PTSD symptoms, engaged in less behavioral self-blame, and received more negative social reactions than those disclosing to informal support sources only. Implications for future research and intervention are discussed.

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