If She Is Not a Victim, Does That Mean She Was Not Traumatized

Evaluation of Predictors of PTSD Symptomatology Among College Rape Victims

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12436403
AutoresHeather Littleton (0000-0002-7067-1120, East Carolina University, autor de correspondencia), Craig E Henderson (0000-0002-1071-941X, Sam Houston State University)
Año2008
Volumen15
Número2
Páginas148-167
Fecha de publicación2008-12-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801208329386
PMID19126833
OpenAlexW2126359434
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas45

The issue of whether individuals can be traumatized by the experience of rape if they do not label the experience a victimization remains controversial. Indeed, there are conflicting findings with regard to the extent to which such unacknowledged victims experience posttraumatic symptoms. The goal of the current study was to evaluate acknowledgment status as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology using structural equation modeling among a sample of 346 college rape victims. Results showed that whereas acknowledged victims reported more symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, acknowledgment status did not add to the prediction of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a model including assault violence and other important predictors of these symptoms

Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Posttraumatic stress · Psychiatry · Structural equation modeling · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies