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

Evaluation of Predictors of PTSD Symptomatology Among College Rape Victims

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12436403
AutoresHeather Littleton (0000-0002-7067-1120, East Carolina University, autor correspondente), Craig E Henderson (0000-0002-1071-941X, Sam Houston State University)
Ano2008
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas148-167
Data de publicação2008-12-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801208329386
PMID19126833
OpenAlexW2126359434
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas27
Referências 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