Arman Raver, Sara Landström, Kerstin Adolfsson, Leif Alexander Strömwall
{"title":"\"There is No Time\": Swedish Professionals' Perspective on Rape Victim Treatment.","authors":"Arman Raver, Sara Landström, Kerstin Adolfsson, Leif Alexander Strömwall","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2462920","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2462920","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rape victims often face secondary victimization when interacting with the legal and healthcare systems, a risk that is exacerbated by the attitudes and practices of the professionals they encounter. This study, drawing on responses (<i>N</i> = 237) from police employees, prosecutors, and healthcare personnel, aimed to investigate rape victim treatment from the perspective of these professionals. Our investigation was two-fold: through a web survey, we first examined how professionals' beliefs in a just world, acceptance of rape myths, and demographic factors influence their estimations of false reporting and trust in the justice system. We then used open-ended questions to identify perceived barriers, problematic practices, and areas for improvement within their professional roles and the overall system handling rape cases, providing both quantitative and qualitative data. Prosecutors and healthcare professionals reported significantly lower levels of estimations of false reports than police, with no significant difference between the two; additionally, prosecutors displayed the highest trust in the legal system, significantly greater than both police and healthcare professionals, whereas no significant difference was found between healthcare professionals and police. Overall, the professionals requested more specific knowledge on how to treat victims of rape and identified several perceived barriers (e.g. lack of resources, deprioritizing, and legislation) and problematic practices (e.g. interview practices and medical examination practices) that may cause secondary victimization. Practical implications for meeting and treating rape victims are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"204-221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143366333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica R Prince, Grace B McKee, Cynthia A Stappenbeck, Kathy Gill-Hopple, Amanda K Gilmore
{"title":"Pre-Assault Diagnoses Associated with Post-Assault Emergency Department Visits After Recent Sexual Assault.","authors":"Jessica R Prince, Grace B McKee, Cynthia A Stappenbeck, Kathy Gill-Hopple, Amanda K Gilmore","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2457149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2025.2457149","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Characteristics associated with individuals who frequent the emergency department at higher rates have been well established; however, factors associated with greater emergency department visits following a recent sexual assault are largely unknown. The current study evaluated the associations between pre-assault factors such as substance use and physical injuries, assault characteristics such as genital injury, non-genital injury, alcohol or drug use involvement, intimate partner involvement, and emergency department visits one-year after a sexual assault medical forensic exam (SAMFE). The current study included a medical record review of 123 individuals who received a SAMFE at a hospital in the United States. Demographic variables, characteristics of the sexual assault, pre-sexual assault diagnoses, frequency of SAMFEs, and post-SAMFE emergency department visits were examined. A negative binomial regression was used to examine these factors on post-SAMFE emergency department visits. Results indicated that alcohol or drug use during an assault was associated with fewer emergency department visits post-SAMFE. Substance use and physical injury disorders pre-SAMFE were positively associated with post-SAMFE emergency department visits. Findings provide important insight for prevention strategies to potentially increase access to mental and physical health care post-assault to reduce the risk of repeated emergency department visits among recent survivors of sexual assault.</p>","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143061039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ellenna Wong, Siobhán Healy-Cullen, Richard deVisser, Pádraig MacNeela, Kate Dawson
{"title":"Educator-To-Student Sexual Harassment in UK and Irish Secondary Schools: A Qualitative Analysis.","authors":"Ellenna Wong, Siobhán Healy-Cullen, Richard deVisser, Pádraig MacNeela, Kate Dawson","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2440735","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2440735","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The current study examines the way sexual harassment, a specific facet of educator sexual misconduct, is experienced by secondary school students. The qualitative component of an online survey was completed by participants aged 18+ who had attended secondary school in Ireland (<i>n</i> = 85) or the UK (<i>n</i> = 74), and who were recruited to participate via social media. Participants were asked to describe the incident of educator-student sexual harassment they experienced that had the greatest effect on them. Data were analyzed using a deductive approach to thematic analysis and coded into topic summary themes using Fitzgerald's (1995) sexual harassment victimization measure and its respective sexual harassment categories. We also produced an additional theme-<i>the context of sexual harassment</i>. Collectively, these findings can inform educational policies and reporting processes for educator-student sexual harassment, to ultimately support the safety and well-being of all students.</p>","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"40-66"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142898898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stella Emmanuel Mushy, Gift Gadiel Lukumay, Agnes F Massae, Dickson Ally Mkoka, Corissa T Rohloff, Nidhi Kohli, Lucy R Mgopa, Dorkasi L Mwakawanga, Ever Mkonyi, Michael W Ross, Maria Trent, B R Simon Rosser
{"title":"Knowledge of Mandatory Reporting Laws and Recording of Clients' Abuse Data: Effects of a Sexual Health Curriculum Training for Health Students in Tanzania.","authors":"Stella Emmanuel Mushy, Gift Gadiel Lukumay, Agnes F Massae, Dickson Ally Mkoka, Corissa T Rohloff, Nidhi Kohli, Lucy R Mgopa, Dorkasi L Mwakawanga, Ever Mkonyi, Michael W Ross, Maria Trent, B R Simon Rosser","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2450404","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2450404","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tanzania mandated reporting laws aim to identify and address child abuse, yet healthcare students' awareness and reporting are limited. This study assessed training's impact on their knowledge of reporting laws and handling confidential child abuse data. The study involved 412 medical and nursing students in a randomized controlled trial (RCT), with 206 participants receiving sexual health training and a waitlist control group of equal size receiving no intervention. Baseline and 3-month follow-up assessments evaluated knowledge of mandatory reporting laws and recording practices. At the 3-month follow-up, the control group showed minimal knowledge improvement (+7.5% for item 1, -6% for item 2), whereas the intervention group showed significant gains (23.7% for item 1, 0.7% for item 2). Additionally, notable disparity in total scores for reporting and recording between the groups emerged from baseline to follow-up (<i>t</i> = -3.682, <i>p</i> < .001, Cohen's d = 0.365). The intervention group (<i>M</i> = 0.527, SD = 1.630) had a larger mean difference score than the control group (<i>M</i> = -0.044, SD = 1.499). Therefore, the training significantly improved students' knowledge of mandatory reporting laws and the recording of clients' confidential information.</p>","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"103-122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11932792/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kayla E Hall, Bridget Cho, Seth M Wilensky, Jane Stafford
{"title":"The Role of Gender in the Relationship Between Negative Reactions to Sexual Abuse Disclosure and Masculinity Norm Adherence.","authors":"Kayla E Hall, Bridget Cho, Seth M Wilensky, Jane Stafford","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2448470","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2448470","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although men and women generally receive positive and negative reactions to childhood sexual abuse (CSA) disclosure (Filipas & Ullman, 2001), negative reactions are more common (Gagnier & Collin-Vézina, 2016). Negative disclosure reactions - such as disbelieving, retaliating against, or distracting the survivor - are both prevalent and associated with poorer post-abuse recovery and well-being (Kennedy & Prock, 2018; Ullman, 2010). For male survivors in particular, the responses one receives from others following disclosure may complicate one's sense of masculinity. Thus, the present study explored the nature of the association between negative reactions to CSA disclosure and masculinity norm adherence between men and women who are CSA survivors. Participants (<i>N</i> = 299; <i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 35.9; 52.8% women; 77.9% White) - who disclosed their CSA to at least one person - completed self-report measures pertaining to social reactions to CSA disclosure and adherence to various masculinity norms. Negative reactions to CSA disclosure were significantly, positively correlated with Winning (<i>r</i> = .20), Playboy (<i>r</i> = .42), Heterosexual Self-Presentation (<i>r</i> = .42), and Power over Women (<i>r</i> = .71) masculinity norms. Moderation analyses revealed that at low levels of negative reactions, men endorsed higher Power Over Women and Playboy adherence; at high levels of negative reactions, women endorsed these norms almost as much as men did. Findings highlight important differences in adherence that shed light on the impact of negative disclosures on masculine ideologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"84-102"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142915953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editor-in-Chief Acknowledgements and Forthcoming Special Issues.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2466902","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2466902","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2404790","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2404790","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2455239","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2455239","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143042214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Description of Electronic Communication Use.","authors":"Kotomi Yokokura","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2457137","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2025.2457137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While media reports of educator sexual misconduct (ESM) often note educators' use of electronic communication, few have systematically explored electronic communication use in ESM. This study describes educators who use electronic communication when committing sexual misconduct and the nature of this communication. The author inductively and deductively coded Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board disciplinary action records (<i>N</i> = 74) to descriptively and statistically analyze electronic communication use by educator characteristics. In this sample, most educators used electronic communication and committed misconduct both in-person and through electronic means. Educators who were male, taught middle school, or held a Rank III certification more often committed misconduct solely through electronic communication. Future research recommendations and ESM prevention, such as proactive policies and trainings targeting electronic communication, are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":" ","pages":"67-83"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143029961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Institutional Support and Sexual Assault: A Campus Comparison Study on the Relationship Between Victimization and Perceived Support.","authors":"Kamilla Bonnesen, Yamini Patel, Kevin M Swartout","doi":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2448449","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10538712.2024.2448449","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual assaults are traumatic events disproportionately affecting young adults and college populations, with one in five American students experiencing sexual assault during their college years. Sexual assault affects feelings of institutional support post victimization; however, no study has investigated whether institution type affects the relationship between victimization and perceived support. Four-year institutions offer a more immersive college experience and as such might feel more supported by their institutions than their two-year college peers. Using multiple linear regression, we hypothesized that experiencing sexual assault would affect institutional support more at four-year campuses compared to two-year campuses. Controlling for relevant demographic factors, we found significant simple effects and an interaction in predicting campus climate perceptions. Students at the four-year campus and students who had experienced sexual reported less institutional support than their two-year peers. Opposing our hypothesis, two-year campus sexual assault survivors felt less supported than their four-year campus peers. Historically, two-year campuses have fewer support options such as health centers and campus police post assault. Future research should seek to replicate whether these findings represent other institutions and explore how to better support assault survivors on campuses with fewer resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":47645,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child Sexual Abuse","volume":"34 1","pages":"24-39"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}