%0 Journal Article %T Reducing risk for sexual victimization: an analysis of the perceived socioemotional consequences of self-protective behaviors %J Journal of interpersonal violence %D 2012 %A Orchowski, Lindsay M. %A Untied, Amy S. %A Gidycz, Christine A. %V 27 %N 9 %P 1743-1761 %X The current study examined college women's perceptions of the positive and negative socioemotional consequences associated with engaging in self-protective behaviors to reduce risk for sexual victimization. At baseline, women completed assessments of the extent to which they would experience positive or negative socioemotional consequences as a result of engaging in various self-protective behaviors. At a 2-month follow-up, women reported on their engagement in self-protective behaviors and experience of sexual victimization over the interim (N = 143). At baseline, some self-protective strategies were perceived as having more positive or negative socioemotional consequences than others. Perceiving a high level of negative socioemotional consequences associated with taking precautions prior to a date was associated with sexual victimization over the 2-month follow-up.

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%G en %I SAGE Publishing %@ 0886-2605 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260511430391