@article{ref1,
title=""Call for help immediately": a discourse analysis of resident assistants' responses to sexual assault disclosures",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2019",
author="Holland, Kathryn J. and Bedera, Nicole",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1077801219863879-1077801219863879",
abstract="Formal support providers can play a critical role in sexual assault survivors' well-being (e.g., providing resource referrals). In a university setting, resident assistants (RAs) are key support providers with a unique relationship to survivors based on their dual roles as help-provider and peer. We examined 305 RAs' responses to student sexual assault disclosure scenarios. Employing a critical discourse analysis, we identified four discourses used by RAs in their discussion of resources: controlling, gatekeeping, minimizing, and empowering. Due to power dynamics between RAs and residents, we conclude that empowering discourses would facilitate survivors' access to other resources (e.g., sexual assault center).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801219863879",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801219863879"
}