Association between sexual violence and depression is mediated by perceived social support among female university students in the kingdom of Eswatini

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ID15375741
AutoresRebecca Fielding-Miller (0000-0002-5099-0589, Human Longevity (United States), autor correspondente), Lotus Mcdougal (0000-0002-3002-0489, Center for Health and Gender Equity), Elizabeth Frost (0000-0002-0034-9582, University of California San Diego), Sakhile Masuku (0000-0002-0622-7834, University of Eswatini), Fortunate Shabalala (0000-0003-3019-4865, University of Eswatini)
Ano2024
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas2526-2526
Data de publicação2024-09-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditoraBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-024-20040-8
PMID39289704
OpenAlexW4402602633
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas49

Sexualized street harassment is associated with increased depressive symptomology for nearly all women, however the effects are especially pronounced for women who have previous experiences of sexual violence. Sexualized street harassment functions as a tool to maintain gendered power hierarchies by reminding women of ongoing threat of sexual violence even in public spaces. Social support and solidarity among women is a potentially important source of resiliency against the physical and mental harms of all forms of gender based violence

Criminology · Depression (economics · Environmental health · Harassment · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology