TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Reducing risk for sexual victimization: an analysis of the perceived socioemotional consequences of self-protective behaviors JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Orchowski, Lindsay M. A1 - Untied, Amy S. A1 - Gidycz, Christine A. SP - 1743 EP - 1761 VL - 27 IS - 9 N2 - 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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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260511430391 ID - ref1 ER -