Survivor Perceptions of Supporters' Social Reactions in the Initial Months Following Sexual Assault: A Daily Diary Study.

IF 2.6 3区 心理学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Jonathan W Reeves, Angela B Simler, Emily R Dworkin
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Sexual assault survivors receive a variety of positive and negative social reactions when they seek support from friends, family, or others close to them (i.e., informal supporters). However, past research demonstrates that survivors' perceptions of these social reactions are more varied than suggested by their traditional categorization as "positive" or "negative." Although survivors experiencing elevated posttraumatic stress (PTS) and alcohol use may be at especially high risk of receiving "negative" reactions and experiencing poorer recovery outcomes, it is unclear to what degree these survivors vary in how they perceive these early reactions. Thus, the study objective was to characterize how survivors with elevated PTS and alcohol use perceive social reactions received from informal supporters during day-to-day assault-related interactions in the initial months after sexual assault. Adult female survivors of past-10-week sexual assault with elevated PTS and alcohol use (N = 41) completed a baseline assessment and daily diaries over 21 days as part of a larger mHealth clinical trial. Results indicated that survivors' perceptions of the social reactions they received during this early period varied considerably. Findings also indicated that survivors were more likely to perceive an interaction overall as upsetting when the specific "negative" reactions of controlling and infantilization were present. This suggests that specific reactions hold more sway over a survivor's perception of a given interaction than others and further reinforces that there is no one-size-fits-all characterization of how survivors perceive the social reactions they receive when discussing their sexual assault with others.

性侵犯后最初几个月幸存者对支持者社会反应的感知:一项每日日记研究。
当性侵幸存者向朋友、家人或其他亲近的人(即非正式的支持者)寻求支持时,他们会收到各种积极和消极的社会反应。然而,过去的研究表明,幸存者对这些社会反应的看法比他们传统的“积极”或“消极”分类所暗示的更加多样化。尽管经历创伤后应激(PTS)升高和酒精使用的幸存者可能特别容易出现“负面”反应,并且经历较差的恢复结果,但尚不清楚这些幸存者在如何看待这些早期反应方面有多大程度的差异。因此,本研究的目的是描述在性侵犯发生后的最初几个月,PTS升高和酒精使用的幸存者在日常与性侵犯相关的互动中如何感知来自非正式支持者的社会反应。作为一项大型移动健康临床试验的一部分,在过去10周的性侵犯中,PTS升高和饮酒的成年女性幸存者(N = 41)在21天内完成了基线评估和每日日记。结果表明,幸存者对他们在早期收到的社会反应的看法差异很大。研究结果还表明,当出现控制和幼稚化的具体“负面”反应时,幸存者更有可能将互动整体视为令人不安的。这表明,特定的反应比其他反应更能影响幸存者对特定互动的看法,并进一步强调,在与他人讨论性侵犯时,幸存者如何看待他们所收到的社会反应,并没有一刀切的特征。
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6.20
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375
期刊介绍: The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. It provides a forum of discussion of the concerns and activities of professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. With its dual focus on victims and victimizers, the journal will publish material that addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. JIV only publishes reports on individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.
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