RT Article
T1 Identifying as a Survivor Versus a Victim After Sexual Violence Predicts Divergent Posttrauma Pathways
JF Violence against women
VO 32
IS 1
SP 3
OP 23
A1 Western, Kate A. B.
A1 Cruwys, Tegan
A1 Evans, Olivia
A2 Cruwys, Tegan
A2 Evans, Olivia
LA English
YR 2026
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1946016047
AB The present study investigated social identification with “survivors” versus “victims” following sexual violence and the degree to which this predicted posttraumatic growth versus posttraumatic stress. Participants (N = 290) were adult women who had experienced sexual violence. As predicted, cumulative sexual trauma was positively associated with symptoms of both posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth. Further, people who had experienced more cumulative sexual trauma were more likely to identify with victims, which in turn predicted posttraumatic stress. Similarly, people who had experienced more cumulative sexual trauma were also more likely to identify with survivors, and this in turn predicted posttraumatic growth.
K1 Posttraumatic growth
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 social identification
DO 10.1177/10778012241279817