Citation

Pinciotti CM, Allen CE, Milliken JM, Orcutt HK, Sasson S. Violence Vict. 2019; 34(2): 260-295.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-17-00161

PMID

31019012

Abstract

Compared to the depth of research examining the impact of sexual assault disclosure and related responses from others, little is known about the content shared during disclosures. Categorizing survivors as disclosers or nondisclosers disregards the nuanced and complex nature of disclosure. To address this gap, the current studies examined the reliability and preliminary results of the Sexual Assault Inventory of Disclosure (SAID), an inventory of content shared during disclosures and the context in which it was shared. The SAID proved reliable and preliminary findings suggest that perceptions of disclosures as positive or negative are predicted by differences in content and context, above and beyond disclosure recipients' response. The current study also explored gender differences in disclosure. Additional findings, implications, and suggestions for future studies using the SAID are discussed.

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Language: en

Keywords

nondisclosure; psychometrics; rape; sexual assault disclosure