Symptom Responses to a Continuum of Sexual Trauma

This study reports the findings of an anonymous web-based survey to test differences in symptom presentation (depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) among women who experienced different types of sexual trauma (forcible, pressured, sex stress). The study used a descriptive cross-...

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Published in:Violence and victims 2013-01, Vol.28 (2), p.248-258
Main Authors: Carretta, Carrie M., Burgess, Ann W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - psychology
Assaults
Behavioral Sciences
Comorbidity
Consent
Counseling
Crime Victims - psychology
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Direct marketing
Domestic violence
Female
Females
Health Status
Humans
Internet
Marriage and Family Counselling
Medicare
Middle Aged
Policy, Social Justice, and Human Rights
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychology
Rape
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Differences
Social and Personality Psychology
Social Work
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Stress
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Trauma
Women's Health
Young Adult
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Summary:This study reports the findings of an anonymous web-based survey to test differences in symptom presentation (depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) among women who experienced different types of sexual trauma (forcible, pressured, sex stress). The study used a descriptive cross-sectional design with an online convenience sample of 243 adult females living primarily in the United States. The findings revealed that there was a statistically significant difference among type of sexual trauma groups for depression (p = .013) and PTSD (p = .044) but not for anxiety (p = .183). Post hoc analysis of the overall difference in depression revealed that the multiple rape type group (p = .010) and the forcible sex group (p = .016) had higher levels of depression.
ISSN:0886-6708
1945-7073
DOI:10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00011