@article{ref1,
title="Consequences of sexual violence among college students: investigating the role of PTSD symptoms, rumination, and institutional betrayal",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2021",
author="Hannan, Susan M. and Zimnick, Jane and Park, Claire",
volume="30",
number="5",
pages="586-604",
abstract="The overarching goals of the current study were to investigate the roles of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, rumination, and institutional betrayal (e.g., feeling betrayed/harmed by a trusted institution following a traumatic event) following unwanted sexual experiences. Our sample included 332 undergraduate students from a private Eastern U.S. college; data were collected cross-sectionally. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that many participants (41.6%) reported experiencing at least one unwanted sexual experience since the age of 14. Institutional betrayal predicted PTSD symptoms even after controlling for lifetime history of non-sexual trauma (p<.001). While high rumination scores and institutional betrayal independently predicted PTSD symptoms, their interaction (i.e., moderation) was not significant (p=.361). Finally, history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) moderated the relationship between history of adolescent/adult rape and institutional betrayal, such that individuals with histories of both CSA and adolescent/adult rape reported the highest institutional betrayal (p<.05). Implications of study findings and avenues for future research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1080/10926771.2020.1796871",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2020.1796871"
}