@article{ref1,
title="Why do women talk about it? Reasons for disclosure of sexual victimization and associated symptomology",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2021",
author="Nikulina, Valentina and Brown, Elissa J. and Babad, Sara and Carson, Kaitlin Walsh",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Many sexual victimization survivors disclose their experience; however, there is limited research investigating why women disclose this experience and how reasons  relate to psychopathology. The current online study aims to further understand the  experiences of 142 female survivors (aged 18-29 years) by identifying their reason  for disclosure and investigating how reasons relate to self-reported depression and  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology. Qualitative analyses identified  two reasons: intentional and elicited disclosures. Hierarchical linear regressions  revealed that elicited disclosures were associated with higher PTSD symptomology  than intentional disclosures above and beyond relevant covariates, suggesting that  disclosure reason is an important factor in the recovery process.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801220978818",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801220978818"
}