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Risky Casual Sex and Posttraumatic Stress in College Females: An Examination of Assault History, Self-Esteem, and Social Support.
- Source :
- Violence Against Women; Dec2021, Vol. 27 Issue 15/16, p3074-3092, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Casual sex, although common in college culture, can increase the risk of sexual victimization, which in turn can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined sexual victimization, self-esteem, and social support as relative predictors of PTSD and risky casual sex (RCS) in a sample of 229 female undergraduates. Results suggested that enhancing self-esteem may have a greater relative impact on PTSD symptoms compared with social support, even after accounting for the impact of sexual victimization. Moreover, a reduction in PTSD symptoms may have the potential to minimize RCS. Future research is needed to determine temporal relations among these variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RISK-taking behavior
SEXUAL assault evidentiary examinations
STATISTICS
RELATIVE medical risk
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
SOCIAL support
LABELING theory
RESEARCH evaluation
STATISTICAL reliability
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
SEXUAL intercourse
SELF-perception
REGRESSION analysis
POST-traumatic stress disorder
RISK assessment
SEXUAL harassment
UNDERGRADUATES
T-test (Statistics)
SEVERITY of illness index
SEX crimes
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
FACTOR analysis
CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders
DATA analysis software
STATISTICAL correlation
LOGISTIC regression analysis
ODDS ratio
DATA analysis
WOMEN'S health
HISTORY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10778012
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 15/16
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Violence Against Women
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153045095
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801221998797