The Effects Of Revictimization On Coping And Depression In Female Sexual Assault Victims

Abstract

To examine the effects of being revictimized, 555 women completed 2 mail surveys 1 year apart, reporting their experiences of sexual assault, the strategies they used to cope with those experiences, and feelings of depression. Path analyses, controlling for baseline coping and depression, revealed that those who were revictimized during the study reported using more maladaptive and adaptive coping strategies than did those who were not revictimized (β = .11 and β = .16, respectively). Further, women who were revictimized reported more depression than others (β = .15). This effect was explained in part by revictimized women\u27s increased maladaptive coping. Results are consistent with other research showing that all of women\u27s traumatic experiences must be taken into consideration to understand fully how sexual assault influences women\u27s coping and recovery

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