@article{ref1, title="Coping With Rape: The Roles of Prior Sexual Abuse and Attributions of Blame", journal="Journal of interpersonal violence", year="1999", author="Arata, Catalina M.", volume="14", number="1", pages="62-78", abstract="One-hundred-nineteen undergraduate females participated in a study examining the roles of child sexual assault, attributions, and coping on adjustment to rape. Participants completed anonymous questionnaires that assessed for child sexual abuse history, adult victimization history, attributions of blame for the adult assault, coping strategies for the adult rape, and trauma symptoms. Rape victims with a history of child sexual abuse were found to have higher levels of trauma symptoms, made greater use of nervous and cognitive coping strategies, and were more likely to make attributions of blame towards themselves or society. Current symptoms were related to types of coping and attributions of blame, with history of child sexual abuse having an indirect relationship to these variables. The results suggest the importance of attributional and coping variables, as well as child sexual abuse history, as mediators of postrape adjustment. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by SAGE Publications)College Student ResearchFemale VictimAdult VictimAdult FemaleAdult SurvivorCoping SkillsPsychological Victimization EffectsRape VictimChild Abuse EffectsChild Abuse VictimChild FemaleChild Sexual Abuse EffectsChild Sexual Abuse VictimChild VictimChildhood VictimizationVictim BlamingAdult VictimSexual Assault VictimSexual Assault EffectsSelf BlamingEmotional AdjustmentVictim AdjustmentAdult AdjustmentViolence Against Women03-02

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