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2017

Depression

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Sexual Victimization Among College Females: Severity And Substance Use, Krystal A. Zielen Jun 2017

Sexual Victimization Among College Females: Severity And Substance Use, Krystal A. Zielen

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Numerous consequences of sexual assault have been identified, including psychological consequences such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and health-risk behaviors such as substance misuse. Previous research has indicated that survivors of sexual assault may engage in substance misuse (i.e. alcohol and other illicit and prescription drug use) in attempt to suppress negative thoughts, memories, and flashbacks of the assault. The present study seeks to expand on and examine health-risk behaviors among undergraduate college women after the experience of sexual assault. Although many researchers have focused on the use of alcohol following sexual assault, less have studied non-medical use of prescription …


The Influence Of Self-Efficacy In The Relationship Between Variants Of Self-Blame And Psychological Distress, Andrea Barrera Mar 2017

The Influence Of Self-Efficacy In The Relationship Between Variants Of Self-Blame And Psychological Distress, Andrea Barrera

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Sexual assault has consistently been found to be associated with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. Research shows that self-blaming attributions are directly linked to distress (Walsh, & Foshee, 1998; Walsh & Bruce, 2011). More specifically, the type of self-blame (i.e., behavioral and characterological) an individual associates with their experienced sexual assault, may influence their perceptions of avoidability of future assault and post-assault recovery. However, the role of self-efficacy in the relationship between behavioral and characterological self-blame in PTSD sexual assault survivors has been unexamined. The purpose of the proposed study is to assess the influence of self-efficacy in …