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- Title
Effects of a Rape Experience: A Longitudinal Study.
- Authors
Kilpatrick, Dean G.; Resick, Patricia A.; Veronen, Lois J.
- Abstract
After reviewing previous work on psychological effects of a rape experience, this paper reports the results of a longitudinal investigation of victim reactions to rape. Adult victims (N = 20) were assessed at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year postrape, and a group of matched non-victims (N 20) were assessed at similar intervals. Findings were that victims were significantly more anxious, fearful. suspicious. and con- fused than nonvictims for at least a year after their assaults. However, there was significant improvement on those as well as other measures of personality and mood state over Lime, particularly between 1 and 6 months. Implications of these findings with regard to both social learning and feminist theory and therapy are discussed.
- Subjects
RAPE; RAPE victims; CRIMES against women; CRIME victims; CRIMINAL law; SEX crimes
- Publication
Journal of Social Issues, 1981, Vol 37, Issue 4, p105
- ISSN
0022-4537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-4560.1981.tb01073.x