RT Article
T1 Sexual Assault Among College Women: The Role of Survivor Acknowledgment, Rape Myth Acceptance, Weight Bias, and Body Appreciation
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 39
IS 11/12
SP 2687
OP 2707
A1 Sall, Kayla E.
A2 Miller, Julia Caroline
A2 Jansen, Emily
A2 Shonrock, Abigail T.
A2 Byrd, Rhonda
A2 Carels, Robert A.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1887961828
AB Approximately one in five college women experience a sexual assault (SA), though a meaningful percentage of survivors do not acknowledge or label their experience as such. Research indicates that acknowledgment status is often influenced by how closely SA incidents align with the “real rape” script and degree of survivor rape myth acceptance (RMA). However, studies evaluating acknowledgment paired with other attitudes and health outcomes among survivors is sparse. The current study examined the relation between acknowledgment status, RMA, weight-related constructs, and psychological well-being among three groups of college women (N = 584): non-survivors, unacknowledged survivors, and acknowledged survivors. Findings indicate that, among survivors, acknowledged compared to unacknowledged SA is significantly associated with diminished body appreciation, self-esteem, and increased internalized weight bias, though no differences in psychological distress were found.
K1 body appreciation
K1 weight bias
K1 rape myth acceptance
K1 Sexual assault acknowledgment
DO 10.1177/08862605231223993