@article{ref1,
title="Predictors of assertive and nonassertive styles of self-defense behavior during a lab-based sexual assault scenario",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2019",
author="Anderson, RaeAnn E. and Cahill, Shawn P. and Silver, Kristin E. and Delahanty, Douglas L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1077801219828542-1077801219828542",
abstract="The current study examined how psychological factors influence hypothetical behavioral responses to threat (BRTT). College women ( n = 113) with a history of sexual victimization completed a standardized lab-based self-defense scenario. Interpersonal skills, coping style, and assertive and nonassertive BRTT during a prior assault predicted assertive BRTT during the task. The use of nonassertive BRTT during past assaults no longer predicted assertive BRTT during the task when accounting for rape acknowledgment. <br><br>FINDINGS regarding rape acknowledgment demonstrate the complexity of recovery from sexual assault. Our results highlight interpersonal skills as an intervention target for innovative sexual assault risk reduction interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801219828542",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801219828542"
}