TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Trauma history as a significant predictor of posttraumatic growth beyond mental health symptoms in women-identifying survivors of undergraduate non-consensual sexual experiences
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Sinko, Laura
A1  - Ploutz-Snyder, Robert
A1  - Kramer, Michelle Munro
A1  - Conley, Terri
A1  - Arnault, Denise Saint
SP  - 396
EP  - 421
VL  - 37
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-20-00082
ID  - ref1
ER  -