Barriers to Reporting Sexual Violence

A Qualitative Analysis of #WhyIDidntReport

Bibliographic Data

ID12435602
AuthorsLindsay M Orchowski (0000-0001-9048-3576, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, corresponding author), Lauren R Grocott (0000-0001-5252-2271, Providence College), Lauren Grocott (Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA), Katherine W Bogen (0000-0002-2541-0917, Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA), Aderonke Ilegbusi (0000-0001-6649-2309, Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA), Ananda B Amstadter (0000-0001-6285-9943, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA), Nicole R Nugent (0000-0001-8756-5618, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA)
Year2022
Volume28
Issue14
Pages3530-3553
Publication date2022-08-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10778012221092479
PMID35946129
OpenAlexW4292661203
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited64

The present study conducted thematic analyses of tweets including #WhyIDidntReport ( N = 500) to examine barriers to reporting sexual victimization. Barriers to reporting were identified across individual, interpersonal, and sociocultural levels of the social ecology. Common barriers to reporting included labeling of the experience, age, fear, privacy concerns, self-blame, betrayal/shock, the relation/power of the perpetrator, negative reactions to disclosure, and the belief-or personal experience-that reporting would not result in justice and societal norms

Betrayal · Interpersonal communication · Medical emergency · Poison control · Qualitative research · Self-disclosure · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology