RT Article
T1 Why Do Women Talk About It? Reasons for Disclosure of Sexual Victimization and Associated Symptomology
JF Violence against women
VO 27
IS 15/16
SP 3114
OP 3135
A1 Carson, Kaitlin Walsh
A1 Babad, Sara
A1 Brown, Elissa J.
A1 Nikulina, Valentina
A2 Babad, Sara
A2 Brown, Elissa J.
A2 Nikulina, Valentina
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1774532220
AB Many sexual victimization survivors disclose their experience; however, there is limited research investigating why women disclose this experience and how reasons relate to psychopathology. The current online study aims to further understand the experiences of 142 female survivors (aged 18–29 years) by identifying their reason for disclosure and investigating how reasons relate to self-reported depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology. Qualitative analyses identified two reasons: intentional and elicited disclosures. Hierarchical linear regressions revealed that elicited disclosures were associated with higher PTSD symptomology than intentional disclosures above and beyond relevant covariates, suggesting that disclosure reason is an important factor in the recovery process.
K1 PTSD
K1 Disclosure
K1 Sexual Victimization
DO 10.1177/1077801220978818