Social support sources following sexual assault

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11044769
AutoresJacqueline M Golding (0000-0002-8716-351X, University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente), Judith M Siege (University of California, Los Angeles), Susan B Sorenson (University of California, Los Angeles), M Audrey Burnam (RAND Corporation), Judith A Stein (0000-0001-7031-9728, University of California, Los Angeles)
Ano1989
Volume17
Fascículo1
Páginas92-107
Data de publicação1989-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6629(198901)17:1<92::aid-jcop2290170110>3.0.co;2-e
OpenAlexW2080928657
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas64
Referências citadas26

Considerable research suggests that social support plays a crucial role in coping with stressful life events. The present study used data from 3,132 randomly selected survey respondents to investigate the use and helpfulness of seven potential social support sources in coping with a particular life crisis: sexual assault. About two-thirds of the 447 sexually assaulted respondents had told someone about the assault. Over half had talked to a friend or relative (59.3%). Fewer respondents consulted police (10.5%), mental health professionals (16.1%), physicians (9.3%), clergy (3.9%), rape crisis centers (1.9%), and legal professionals (1.6%). Assault by a stranger, physical threat, fighting against the assailant, a high degree of sexual contact, and emotional distress concerning the assault were associated with talking about the assault, especially with police and physicians. Most of those who told someone found at least one person helpful (73.8%). Rape crisis centers (94.2%) and legal professionals (82.7%) were most frequently described as helpful, followed by mental health professionals (70.1%), friends and relatives (66.6%), clergy (63.1%), physicians (55.6%), and police (38.2%). Results are compared to previous findings, and implications for research and intervention are discussed.

Coping (psychology) · Crisis intervention · Distress · Helpfulness · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sexual assault · Social support · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology