TY - JOUR
T1 - Health and academic consequences of sexual victimisation experiences among students in a university setting
AU - Kaufman, Michelle R.
AU - Tsang, Samantha W.
AU - Sabri, Bushra
AU - Budhathoki, Chakra
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Johns Hopkins University Provost Office. Bushra Sabri was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health & Human Development (K99HD082350). The funding sources had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, writing of the report, nor the decision to submit the article for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - The current study examines the association between multiple interpersonal violence victimisation types experienced in a university setting and the consequences for each type. Students at a mid-Atlantic university (n = 3977) completed a survey in 2015 assessing attitudes, experiences, consequences of (physical, behavioural, academic, mental), and university resources and reporting procedures for sexual assault, harassment and intimate partner violence. Effect on mental health was the most cited consequence for all victimisation types. Sexual harassment was reported by the largest number of students but with smaller percentages of students reporting consequences, while the opposite was true for sexual assault and multiple forms of abuse (smaller numbers experiencing; larger percentages reporting consequences). In the adjusted models, being in an abusive/controlling relationship and sexual harassment were significantly associated with physical health consequences (ps < .001). Sexual harassment was the only predictor of substance use (p < .001). Being an undergraduate and experiencing an abusive/controlling relationship, sexual harassment or assault were associated with sexual risk behaviour (all ps < .05). These findings point to a need for holistic approaches to helping students heal from interpersonal victimisation–approaches that include mental health services, attention to increased substance use and sexual risk, and monitoring academic performance.
AB - The current study examines the association between multiple interpersonal violence victimisation types experienced in a university setting and the consequences for each type. Students at a mid-Atlantic university (n = 3977) completed a survey in 2015 assessing attitudes, experiences, consequences of (physical, behavioural, academic, mental), and university resources and reporting procedures for sexual assault, harassment and intimate partner violence. Effect on mental health was the most cited consequence for all victimisation types. Sexual harassment was reported by the largest number of students but with smaller percentages of students reporting consequences, while the opposite was true for sexual assault and multiple forms of abuse (smaller numbers experiencing; larger percentages reporting consequences). In the adjusted models, being in an abusive/controlling relationship and sexual harassment were significantly associated with physical health consequences (ps < .001). Sexual harassment was the only predictor of substance use (p < .001). Being an undergraduate and experiencing an abusive/controlling relationship, sexual harassment or assault were associated with sexual risk behaviour (all ps < .05). These findings point to a need for holistic approaches to helping students heal from interpersonal victimisation–approaches that include mental health services, attention to increased substance use and sexual risk, and monitoring academic performance.
KW - Interpersonal violence
KW - mental health
KW - sexual assault
KW - sexual harassment
KW - sexual risk behaviour
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U2 - 10.1080/19419899.2018.1552184
DO - 10.1080/19419899.2018.1552184
M3 - Article
C2 - 31413786
AN - SCOPUS:85059017563
SN - 1941-9899
VL - 10
SP - 56
EP - 68
JO - Psychology and Sexuality
JF - Psychology and Sexuality
IS - 1
ER -