scholarly journals Self-blame, psychological distress, and suicidality among African American female sexual assault survivors.

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rannveig Sigurvinsdottir ◽  
Sarah E. Ullman ◽  
Silvia Sara Canetto
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
African American Female ◽  
Sexual Assault Survivors ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Assault Survivors

scholarly journals Surviving the Storm

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 1601-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thema Bryant-Davis ◽  
Sarah E. Ullman ◽  
Yuying Tsong ◽  
Robyn Gobin
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
African American Female ◽  
Sexual Assault Survivors ◽  
American Women ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression

African American women are at high risk for sexual assault. In addition, many African American women endorse the use of social support and religiosity to cope with trauma. The current study investigates the relationship between these two coping strategies and posttrauma symptoms in a sample of 413 African American female sexual assault survivors using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Findings indicated that survivors with greater social support were less likely to endorse the symptoms of depression and PTSD. Conversely, increased use of religious coping was related to greater endorsement of depression and PTSD symptoms. Counseling and research implications are explored.

Correlates of Women’s Sexual Assault Disclosure to Informal and Formal Support Sources

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura L. Starzynski ◽  
Sarah E. Ullman ◽  
Henrietta H. Filipas ◽  
Stephanie M. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sexual Assault Survivors ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Formal Support ◽  
Social Reactions ◽  
Adult Sexual Assault ◽  
Attributions Of Blame ◽  
Assault Survivors

Deciding which people to tell about sexual assault is an important and potentially consequential decision for sexual assault survivors. Women typically receive many different positive and negative reactions when they disclose sexual assault to social support sources. A diverse sample of adult sexual assault survivors in the Chicago area was surveyed about sexual assault experiences, social reactions received when disclosing assault to others, attributions of blame, coping strategies, and PTSD. Analyses were run to identify demographic, assault, and postassault factors differentiating women disclosing to informal support sources only from those disclosing to both informal and formal support sources. Women disclosing to both formal and informal support sources experienced more stereotypical assaults, had more PTSD symptoms, engaged in less behavioral self-blame, and received more negative social reactions than those disclosing to informal support sources only. Implications for future research and intervention are discussed.

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