ERIC Number: EJ759204
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 23
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Latent Profiles among Sexual Assault Survivors: Implications for Defensive Coping and Resistance
Macy, Rebecca J.; Nurius, Paula S.; Norris, Jeanette
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v22 n5 p543-565 2007
Rape resistance trainings need to prepare women to recognize and resist sexual assault across a range of experiences and contexts. To help address this need, this research used an investigation of 415 college women who completed a survey about their situational responding to an experience of acquaintance sexual assault. A previously established person-centered analysis model of four distinct risk and protective factor profiles was used to investigate the variability in women's responding. The profiling factors included women's prior victimization, alcohol consumption, relationship expectancies of the assailant, and assertive precautionary habits. Multivariate ANOVA was used to test for differences among the four profile groups on their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responding. Results showed that the profile groups significantly differed in their assault responses. The findings highlight the utility of holistic, multivariate analyses for understanding women's sexual assault responses and help inform tailored resistance and empowerment trainings. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Profiles, Sexual Abuse, Drinking, Females, Victims of Crime, Coping, Resistance (Psychology), College Students, Rape, At Risk Persons, Alcohol Abuse, Expectation, Intimacy, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response, Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Empowerment, Prevention, Urban Areas
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