Citation

Donde SD, Ragsdale SKA, Koss MP, Zucker AN. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(14): 1718-1738.

Affiliation

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801217743339

PMID

30295179

Abstract

The present study investigated (a) comparisons in rates of rape and sexual assault acknowledgment and (b) a comprehensive multivariate multinomial logistic model predicting rape and sexual assault acknowledgment in a sample of 174 college women who had experienced rape. Significantly more women acknowledged having experienced sexual assault than rape. Greater perceived perpetrator force was associated with increased likelihood of rape and sexual assault acknowledgment. Increased age and greater perceived emotional impact were associated with increased odds of rape acknowledgment. Implications for policy, education, and practice within university settings are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

acknowledgment; college women; rape; sexual assault