Rape and Sexual Assault Victimization

Kelley, Erika L.

doi:10.1002/9781118303092.ch23

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“…Approximately 45% of college women report experiencing adolescence/emerging adulthood sexual assault (ASA; Krebs, Lindquist, Warner, Fisher, & Martin, 2009). Exposure to sexual assault victimization is associated with greater risk for a range of symptomatology including posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, substance use, and sexual dysfunction (e.g., see Gidycz & Kelley, 2016 for a discussion). Research has also focused on the relationships between sexual victimization and sexual behaviors, including engagement in risky sexual behavior and sexual aversion.…”

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Mediators of the Relationship Between Sexual Assault and Sexual Behaviors in College Women

Kelley

2017

J Interpers Violence

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Some research shows that sexual assault victimization is associated with increased engagement in risky sexual behavior (e.g., intercourse without use of a condom or contraceptives), whereas other research indicates sexual assault victimization is related to sexual aversion. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether posttraumatic stress symptoms, alcohol use, and sexual assertiveness mediated the relationship between adolescent/emerging adulthood sexual assault (ASA) and risky sexual behavior, and whether posttraumatic stress symptoms mediated the relationship between ASA and sexual aversion, among college women. A sample of 462 women from a Midwestern university completed online questionnaires assessing ASA, child sexual abuse (CSA), posttraumatic stress symptoms (i.e., intrusion, avoidance, hyperarousal, and dissociation), alcohol use, sexual assertiveness, risky sexual behavior, and sexual aversion. CSA was considered as a covariate in the mediation models. Results of mediation analyses showed that the relationship between ASA and risky sexual behavior with a new partner was partially mediated by greater alcohol use and lower sexual assertiveness and that the relationship between ASA and risky sexual behavior with a regular partner was partially mediated by greater alcohol use. Results of a model examining mediators of ASA and sexual aversion detected no significant mediators. Results suggest that college women with a history of ASA would benefit from psychoeducation on the effect of alcohol on sexual decision-making, as well as from sexual assertiveness skills training, to reduce potential risks associated with risky sexual behaviors, particularly with lesser known partners, including sexually transmitted infections and sexual revictimization.

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Mediators of the Relationship Between Sexual Assault and Sexual Behaviors in College Women

Kelley

2017

J Interpers Violence

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“…Gidycz and Kelley (2016) found that women have anywhere from a 17 to 25 percent chance of being raped over the course of their lifespan. Females victims accounted for 94% of all completed rapes, 91% of all attempted rapes, and 89% of all completed and attempted sexual assaults (Rennison, 2002).…”

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“…Among all cases of sexual assault and rape, college-aged females are by far the most victimized group (Kilpatrick et al, 2007;Koss, Gidycz, Wisniewski, 1987;Gidycz & Kelley, 2016;Hayes, Abbott, & Cook, 2016;Langston & Sinozinch, 2014;Smith & Welchans, 2000;Xenos & Smith, 2001). The prevalence of sexual assault is three times greater for college women than among the general population (Yeater & O'Donohue, 1999).…”

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“…Most victims know their attacker before they are assaulted. Among the general population, anywhere from 66 to 80 percent of sexual assaults are committed by an acquaintance (Gidycz & Kelley, 2016;Treat, Viken, Farris, & Smith, 2016;Yeater & O'Donohue, 1999). Over 200,000 of these assaults are perpetrated by an intimate partner (Mulliken, 2006).…”

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“…Hayes, Abbott, and Cook (2016) believed that this culture is the result of patterns of unconscious and conscious hetero-normative and privileged traditions that are accepted over time. From the feminist perspective, sexual violence results from male socialization and conditioning that maintain patriarchal ideals of masculine dominance and power (Burt, 1980;Bowley & Lawrence, 1995;Gidycz & Kelley, 2016). Sociocultural theorists express that rape is representative of a larger phenomenon where women are subordinate, therefore sexual violence is accepted as normal (Cowan & Campbell, 1995;Mulliken, 2006;Swauger, Witham, & Shinberg, 2013).…”

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