%0 Journal Article
%T Sexual assault disclosure and outcomes in the LGB+ community
%J Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity
%D 2023
%A Pinciotti, Caitlin M.
%A Horrocks, Bree K.
%A Witthuhn, Leah A.
%A Ullman, Sarah E.
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X Sexual violence is pervasive within the LGB + community, yet despite ample research examining post-assault social support and disclosure among heterosexual women, relatively little is known about the disclosure tendencies and outcomes of LGB + survivors. The current study used a large Amazon Mechanical Turk and undergraduate sample of sexual assault survivors who had disclosed to at least one other person (n = 589), 17.1% of whom identified as LGB +, to examine differences in disclosure tendencies and outcomes between LGB + and non-LGB + survivors. LGB + survivors were more likely to disclose to informal supports, including romantic partners, and provided significantly greater overall content during disclosures, a finding driven by greater sharing of emotions and cognitions with supportive recipients. A significant crossover interaction effect suggested that whereas disclosure content was not associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in non-LGB + survivors, greater disclosure content was associated with increasingly more severe PTSS in LGB + survivors. This finding likely reflects more severe PTSS brought on by the multiplicative effects of trauma and minority stress leading to increased help-seeking in LGB + survivors. The current study builds on previous work regarding the supportive and reciprocal connections that characterize the LGB+ community. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I American Psychological Association
%@ 2329-0382
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000640