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Trauma History as a Significant Predictor of Posttraumatic Growth Beyond Mental Health Symptoms in Women-Identifying Survivors of Undergraduate Non-Consensual Sexual Experiences.

Authors :
Sinko L
Ploutz-Snyder R
Kramer MM
Conley T
Arnault DS
Source :
Violence and victims [Violence Vict] 2022 Jun 01; Vol. 37 (3), pp. 396-421.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

There is little data on what influences posttraumatic growth for women who experienced non-consensual sexual contact (NCSC) as an undergraduate college student. The purpose of this study is to garner a better understanding of posttraumatic growth among women-identifying survivors of undergraduate NCSC by addressing the following aims: 1) evaluate the mediating role of NCSC-related shame on the relationship between perceived peer rape myth acceptance and posttraumatic growth ( n = 174); and 2) evaluate the shared and independent variance contributions of mental health symptoms and trauma history clusters on posttraumatic growth ( n = 151).NCSC-related shame did not mediate the relationship between perceived peer rape myth acceptance and posttraumatic growth. Mental health symptoms and trauma history significantly contributed to 35.27% of posttraumatic growth variance, with the trauma history cluster significantly influencing posttraumatic growth scores beyond mental health symptoms. Based on these findings, it is important that clinicians assess for a history of trauma and the impact of that trauma in addition to mental health symptoms when trying to understand posttraumatic growth after campus sexual violence.<br /> (© Copyright 2022 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0886-6708
Volume :
37
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Violence and victims
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35654488
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-20-00082