News tagged with sexual victimization


Sexual assault awareness advocate says rape culture a problem worldwide

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but Kansas State University's Donna Potts thinks every month should focus on the problem—especially on college campuses throughout the world.

Health created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Institutional betrayal magnifies post-trauma effects of unwanted sexual activity

A study of 345 female university students found that 233 of them had experienced at least one unwanted sexual experience in their lifetime, and 46 percent of those victims also experienced betrayal by the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

People with disabilities at greater risk of violence and subsequent mental ill-health

People with disabilities are at a greater risk of being the victims of violence and of suffering mental ill health when victimized, according to research published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Hind K ...

Health created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cyberbullying only rarely the sole factor identified in teen suicides

Cyberbullying – the use of the Internet, phones or other technologies to repeatedly harass or mistreat peers – is often linked with teen suicide in media reports. However, new research presented on Saturday, Oct. 20, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New psychology study reveals unexamined costs of rape

Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are commonly associated with sexual assault, but a new study from The University of Texas at Austin shows that female victims suffer from a wide spectrum of debilitating effects ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Improving violence victims' mental health

(Medical Xpress) -- New guidance developed by Cardiff experts to improve mental health outcomes for people affected by violence has been published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Know a teen hurt by a date? Someone else has been hurting them too, research finds

Teen victims of dating violence are overwhelmingly more likely to have been victims of other forms of violence, such as sexual violence and child abuse, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US redefines rape to count more people as victims

(AP) -- The Obama administration says it is expanding the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to reflect a better understanding of the crime and to broaden protections.

Health created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Binge drinking by freshman women tied to sexual assault risk, according to new research

Many young women who steer clear of alcohol while they're in high school may change their ways once they go off to college. And those who take up binge drinking may be at relatively high risk of sexual assault, according ...

Health created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sexually victimized girls with PTSD not more likely to binge drink later

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common outcome of sexual assault among many teenage girls, but they do not necessarily cope by binge drinking, a new study finds. When they occur in these girls, PTSD ...

Health created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0