@article{ref1,
title="Trauma history as a significant predictor of posttraumatic growth beyond mental health symptoms in women-identifying survivors of undergraduate non-consensual sexual experiences",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2022",
author="Sinko, Laura and Ploutz-Snyder, Robert and Kramer, Michelle Munro and Conley, Terri and Arnault, Denise Saint",
volume="37",
number="3",
pages="396-421",
abstract="There is little data on what influences posttraumatic growth for women who experienced non-consensual sexual contact (NCSC) as an undergraduate college student. The purpose of this study is to garner a better understanding of posttraumatic growth among women-identifying survivors of undergraduate NCSC by addressing the following aims: 1) evaluate the mediating role of NCSC-related shame on the relationship between perceived peer rape myth acceptance and posttraumatic growth (n = 174); and 2) evaluate the shared and independent variance contributions of mental health symptoms and trauma history clusters on posttraumatic growth (n = 151).NCSC-related shame did not mediate the relationship between perceived peer rape myth acceptance and posttraumatic growth. Mental health symptoms and trauma history significantly contributed to 35.27% of posttraumatic growth variance, with the trauma history cluster significantly influencing posttraumatic growth scores beyond mental health symptoms. Based on these findings, it is important that clinicians assess for a history of trauma and the impact of that trauma in addition to mental health symptoms when trying to understand posttraumatic growth after campus sexual violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/VV-D-20-00082",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-20-00082"
}