Public attention has been increasingly paid to how friends, family members, and others can
best support survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. The broader social …

We map the available scientific literature on how and why victims of sexual violence use
digital platforms in the aftermath of victimization. Twenty-four empirical studies on sexual …

Objective: The present study sought to characterize social reactions to disclosures of sexual
violence that occurred online through the Twitter hashtag# NotOkay. Method: A sample of …

The current study sought to examine immediate and long-term consequences of college
sexual assault (C-SA) among women with no prior sexual assault history. While much is …

One in four women will experience sexual assault in their lifetime. Although less than 5% of
sexual assaults are reported to law enforcement, one in five cases reported to police are …

Objective: The present study explored the experience of public self-disclosure of sexual
assault and its perceived effect on recovery from the survivor's point of view. Method: A …

Background After sexual assault, many college women develop symptoms of posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), and those who engage in substance use coping are at heightened …

Theory and research on disclosure of interpersonal victimization, including intimate partner
violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, has produced rich scholarship promoting a …

Introduction For child sexual abuse (CSA) victims, disclosure can be helpful or harmful
depending on how recipients respond. Despite a growing body of literature examining …

Although drawing an equivalence between sexual and non-sexual violence has been
critical to the feminist analysis of rape, the distinction between the two has not been the …