Does It Matter What You Call It? The Relationship Between Labeling Unwanted Sexual Experiences and Distress

Autor/in	Harned, Melanie S.
Titel	Does It Matter What You Call It? The Relationship Between Labeling Unwanted Sexual Experiences and Distress
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72 (2004) 6, S.1090-1099 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Victims of Crime; Females; Sexual Abuse; College Students; Sexual Harassment; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Response; Stress Variables; Identification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sexueller Missbrauch; Collegestudent; Sexuelle Belästigung; Emotionales Verhalten; Identifikation; Identifizierung
Abstract	Using cross-sectional data from 2 samples of women attending a university (N = 1,395), the author examined the relationship among women's labeling of their unwanted sexual experiences (USEs) with dating partners and a variety of psychological and school-related outcomes. Three competing path analysis models were tested to determine whether the distress associated with sexual victimization stems from the USE itself, from the woman's self-definition as a victim, or from both. The best-fitting model indicates that labeling is irrelevant to the determination of negative outcomes and that it is the USE itself that is associated with psychological and school-related distress. These results suggest that labeling cannot be considered a valid criterion for determining who has experienced sexual victimization. (Author).
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