TY  - SER
AU  - Western, Kate A. B. 
AU  - Cruwys, Tegan
AU  - Evans, Olivia
TI  - Identifying as a survivor versus a victim after sexual violence predicts divergent posttrauma pathways
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
N1  - Violence Against Women, 2024, First published online, 5 September 2024
N2  - The present study investigated social identification with “survivors” versus “victims” following sexual violence and the degree to which this predicted posttraumatic growth versus posttraumatic stress. Participants (N = 290) were adult women who had experienced sexual violence. As predicted, cumulative sexual trauma was positively associated with symptoms of both posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth. Further, people who had experienced more cumulative sexual trauma were more likely to identify with victims, which in turn predicted posttraumatic stress. Similarly, people who had experienced more cumulative sexual trauma were also more likely to identify with survivors, and this in turn predicted posttraumatic growth. (Authors' abstract). Record #8977
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241279817
ER  -