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• W1493292311 abstract "This multi-stage mixed methods study was designed to assess the impact and experienceof sexual violence (SV) in a sample of Irish women with a history of rape/sexualassault. A secondary aim was to explore the appropriateness of the trauma responsemodel as a means of contextualising and explaining women’s post-rape experiences.Stage One involved a series of one-to-one interviews with a selection of stakeholders(n=18) who were providing services to Irish victims of SV. Several important themeswere identified from the analysis of these data including: barriers to services, currentgaps in service provision; and the perceived impact of SV.Stage Two comprised a detailed quantitative assessment of a sample of Irish womenwith an experience of SV (n=65). Participants completed a battery of measures in orderto assess a number of key constructs/aspects of their life including: experience oftrauma symptoms, recent psychological distress; recent life stress; social support;overall Quality of Life (QoL); and alcohol and drug use. A frequency distributionmatchedsample of women (COM group) without a history of SV (n=57) also completedthese measures (with the exception of the trauma symptoms measure). The averagelength of time since the incident of SV was almost 13 years) (M=12 years, 9 months)and approximately one third of the sample had also experienced SV under the age of 16.More than eight women in every ten knew the perpetrator, to a greater or lesser degree.The SV sample was characterised by significantly higher rates of recent psychologicaldistress and negative life events than their comparison group counterparts as well assignificantly worse QoL, and lower rates of social support. They also obtainedsignificantly higher scores on all scales of the trauma symptoms measure whencompared to the norm group. The relationship of the victim to the perpetrator emergedas a significant factor in relation to current marital status, histoiy of a mental healthdiagnosis and age at the time of the incident. Women who were older at the time of thesexual assault were found to have significantly lower rates of QoL and wereexperiencing more psychological distress than younger women. A number of significantand interesting correlations were also found between various subscales of the measures.Stage Three explored the impact and experience of SV in more detail by means of aseries of one-to-one interviews with a reduced sub-sample of women selected fromStage Two (n=14). These qualitative data supplemented and amplified the findings fromthe previous two stages of the study. A number of key superordinate themes and subthemeswere identified including: reactions to the experience of SV; impact of theexperience of SV; service utilisation; disclosure; recovery and healing; and experiencesof participation in the research.The findings from this study have highlighted a number of important issues in the areaof SV in Ireland whilst also adding to the small, but growing pool of literature that isbeginning to question the utility of the widely accepted trauma response model as ameans of comprehensively and accurately contextualising and explaining women’spost-rape experiences. Collectively, the findings demonstrate the often ‘hidden’ impactof SV and, in particular, the pervasive and long-term effects on both self-esteem andsexual and intimate relationships. Future understanding of the effects of SV would beenhanced by allowing for the possibility for growth and recovery in rape victims asevidenced by the high level of education attainment in the SV sample. The resultssuggest that current medico-legal responses to SV in Ireland should incorporateappropriate training and awareness-raising initiatives in relation to victims of SV. It ishoped that improvements such as these would result in a measurable increase in, forexample, the uptake of formal mental health services by these women. Furthermore,well co-ordinated public education campaigns are urgently required to dismantle theprevailing ‘rape supportive’ culture. Future research that includes, for example, men,and minority groups is needed while the role of alcohol misuse in the management orexacerbation of PTSD symptoms and factors moderating engagement in sexual risktakingbehaviours post-assault are two additional areas worthy of further investigation." @default.
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• W1493292311 title "The ‘hidden’ costs of sexual violence: A multi-dimensionalapproach to the impact and experience of trauma”" @default.
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