TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Sexual assault disclosure and outcomes in the LGB+ community
JO  - Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity
A1  - Pinciotti, Caitlin M.
A1  - Horrocks, Bree K.
A1  - Witthuhn, Leah A.
A1  - Ullman, Sarah E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2329-0382
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000640
ID  - ref1
ER  -