Correlates of Formal and Informal Support Seeking in Sexual Assault Victims

By S. Ullman, Henrietta H. Filipas. 2001

313 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In Gender Studies

1. S. Ullman
2. R. Campbell
3. Giannina Cabral
4. Courtney E. Ahrens
5. Jennifer J. Freyd
6. Emily R. Dworkin
7. Carly P. Smith
8. N. Karen Ternier-Thames

In Health

1. R. Campbell
2. Giannina Cabral
3. Courtney E. Ahrens
4. Emily R. Dworkin
5. N. Karen Ternier-Thames
6. Sharon M. Wasco
7. Tracy Sefl
8. S. Abeling

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Courtney E. Ahrens
2. R. Campbell
3. Giannina Cabral
4. Jennifer J. Freyd
5. Carly P. Smith
6. N. Karen Ternier-Thames
7. Sharon M. Wasco
8. Tracy Sefl

Citations in the corpus

• Mental Health Services Seeking in Sexual Assault Victims (2007, background): “Some research also suggests that victims using alcohol and those assaulted by known perpetrators face more negative social reactions from formal support sources, including mental health professionals (Campbell, 1998; Ullman & Filipas, 2001).”
• Institutional betrayal. (2014, background): “Her experience of unhelpful law enforcement and unresponsive legal systems, described as a " second assault " (Campbell, 2006), is faced by many rape survivors, who are further blamed or stigmatized when they seek help from judicial systems or medical systems (Ullman & Filipas, 2001).”
• An Ecological Model of the Impact of Sexual Assault On Women's Mental Health (2009, background): “…to 40% of victims report the assault to the police and pursue prosecution through the criminal justice system, 27% to 40% seek medical care and medical forensic examinations, and 16% to 60% obtain mental health services (Campbell et al., 2001; Ullman, 1996a, 1996b, 2007; Ullman & Filipas, 2001a).”
• Healing or Hurtful: Sexual Assault Survivors' Interpretations of Social Reactions from Support Providers (2009, background): “…suggest that anywhere from 65% to 92% of sexual assault survivors disclose the assault to at least one person (Ahrens, Campbell, Ternier-Thames, Wasco, & Sefl, 2007; Fisher, Daigle, Cullen, & Turner, 2003; Golding, Siegel, Sorenson, & Burnam, 1989; Starzynski et al., 2005; Ullman & Filipas, 2001).”
• Deciding Whom to Tell: Expectations and Outcomes of Rape Survivors' First Disclosures (2007, background): “…Bachman, 1998; Fisher, Daigle, Cullen, & Turner, 2003; Ullman & Filipas, 2001a), the majority of survivors do disclose to informal support providers such as friends and family (e.g., Fisher et al., 2003; Golding, Siegel, Sorenson, Burnam, & Stein, 1989; Ullman, 1996a; Ullman & Filipas, 2001a).”
• Comparing Rape Victim and Perpetrator Blaming in a Police Officer Sample (2012, background): “In addition, secondary victimization can be experienced by victims when the police respond in an unhelpful or victim-blaming way (Campbell et al., 1999; Ullman & Filipas, 2001).”