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- Title
Alcohol Use Before Sexual Violence and Cognitive Appraisals: Differential Associations With Barriers to Help-Seeking.
- Authors
Brockdorf, Alexandra N.; Holland, Kathryn J.; Kumar, Shaina A.; Jaffe, Anna E.; DiLillo, David
- Abstract
The current study examined two cognitive appraisals—labeling (identifying an unwanted sexual experience as sexual violence) and self-blame—as potential mechanisms between survivor alcohol use before sexual violence and three help-seeking barriers (minimization, negative treatment, and social-emotional barriers) among non-service-seeking sexual violence survivors. Participants were 141 undergraduate women who completed self-report measures. Three parallel mediation models were tested. Survivors who were drinking were more likely to label their victimization as sexual violence and, in turn, perceived fewer minimization and greater social-emotional barriers. Further, survivors who were drinking blamed themselves more and, in turn, perceived greater negative treatment and social-emotional barriers.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TORTURE victims; CONFIDENCE intervals; HELP-seeking behavior; INTIMATE partner violence; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); ALCOHOL drinking; SEX crimes; RESEARCH funding; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; COGNITIVE testing; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 5, p777
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10778012221097144