RT Article
T1 An Examination of Sexual Victimization, Self-Injurious Behaviors, and Suicidality Among Female College Students
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 19/20
A1 Bakken, Nicholas W.
A2 Kruse, Lisa M.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1770926143
AB Many studies have established a relationship between suicidal ideation and sexual victimization, particularly among women; yet, few have looked specifically at samples of college students or at the potentially mediating effects that several risk factors and coping mechanisms related to sexual victimization may have on suicidality. The current study sought to examine the relationship between reported sexual victimization and suicidality, and more specifically the mediating role that depression and nonsuicidal self-injury had on this relationship. Data were collected from a random sample of 732 female college students attending a Midwestern public university. Path analysis results indicate that while sexual victimization did not have a direct effect on suicidality, it did have an observable and significant mediating indirect effect on suicidality. The current study informs both our theoretical understanding of how victimization affects college women’s lives and our capacity to develop and implement effective prevention and intervention programs for college students.
K1 situational factors
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 self-abuse/mutilation
K1 mental health and violence
DO 10.1177/0886260519880163