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040 _aAFVC
100 _aGuggisberg, Marika
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245 _aSilencing by design :
_blessons learned about child sexual abuse from a university sexual assault survey
_cMarika Guggisberg, Hillary J Haldane, Vicki Lowik, Annabel Taylor, Bethany Mackay and Tania Signal
260 _bSage,
_c2021
500 _aWomen's Health, 2021, 17, Advance online publication, 9 June 2021
520 _aBackground: University students have been recognized as particularly being vulnerable to sexual victimization. Purpose: With little research to date, and acknowledgement for the need of a better understanding of sexual violence, our study analysed the CQUniversity Sexual Assault Survey’s qualitative responses. An open-ended qualitative question allowed students to provide information anonymously.Methods: A total of 109 participants contributed responses with 17 respondents commenting on the fact that the survey omitted to ask about child sexual abuse prior to the cut-off age of 12 years. Results: University students revealed unexpected disclosures of prepubescent child sexual abuse victimization and ongoing sexual victimization into adulthood. Furthermore, students’ comments indicated negative impacts including distress, mental health and substance use problems, distrust, and interpersonal difficulties. Strong feelings about ‘silencing’ prepubescent child sexual abuse in university surveys were expressed with a request that questions about child sexual abuse prior to the age of 12 years be included.Conclusion: Our study found that child sexual abuse victimization is important to students. Recommendations indicate the need for future research about sexual violence among university students without age restrictions to gain a better understanding about the impact of trauma including revictimization experiences. (Authors' abstract). Record #7177
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_aADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
650 _aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
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650 _aDISCLOSURE
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650 _aRESEARCH METHODS
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650 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
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650 _aSURVEYS
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_aTERTIARY STUDENTS
651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
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_aHaldane, Hillary J.
700 _aLowik, Vicki
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700 _92192
_aTaylor, Annabel
700 _aMackay, Bethany
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700 _aSignal, Tania
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773 0 _tWomen's Health, 2021, 17, Advance online publication, 9 June 2021
830 _aWomen's Health
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/17455065211017062
_zDOI:10.1177/17455065211017062 (Open access)
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_cARTICLE