Sexual Assault Survivors’ Post-Traumatic Growth

Individual and Community-Level Differences

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ID12438307
AuthorsAnne Kirkner (0000-0002-7601-0809, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, corresponding author), Sarah E Ullman (0000-0002-9530-5389, University of Illinois Chicago)
Year2019
Volume26
Issue15-16
Pages1987-2003
Publication date2019-12-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801219888019
PMID31802694
OpenAlexW2991659167
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited38

Past research has focused on individual differences in post-traumatic growth (PTG) among survivors, but no studies to date have examined differences at the neighborhood level. This exploratory study uses data from a 3-year longitudinal study of women sexual assault survivors ( N = 1,863) living in a segregated city. We tested random intercept models of individuals nested within neighborhoods. Disrupted core beliefs, greater perceived control over recovery, less post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), religious coping, and positive social coping predicted more PTG. White survivors had lower PTG scores than the women of color in this study. Neighborhood-level differences in PTG scores persisted even though violent crime rate and neighborhood poverty did not emerge as significant in our model

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