The Role of Gender and Sexuality in the Experience, Internalization, and Mental Health Correlates of Sexual Victimization Stigma

The stigma associated with sexual victimization (SV) can add to the psychological burden on survivors. We compared experiences of SV and SV stigma by survivor gender and sexuality and evaluated the relevance of public and internalized sources of this stigma to their psychological functioning. An onl...

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Autores principales: Farmer, Hilary Faithfull (Autor) ; Byrne, Jamie E. M. (Autor) ; Mussap, Alexander J. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: 2025
En: Journal of interpersonal violence
Año: 2025, Volumen: 40, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 279-307
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