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The Impact of Altered Self-Capacities on Revictimization in College Women

Patrick, Rachel Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1259708133

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Psychology.
The current study examined whether altered self-capacities mediate the link between child abuse and adult sexual revictimization. Data were collected from 849 female college students with anonymous surveys to assess child abuse (sexual [CSA], physical [CPA], and emotional [CEA]), adult sexual victimization (rape/attempted rape and verbal sexual coercion), and altered self-capacities (relatedness difficulties, identity impairment, and affect dysregulation). Maternal care also was examined as a contributor to adult sexual victimization given its impact on altered self-capacities. Reported experiences of adult rape and verbal coercion overlapped so substantially that three outcomes were examined: adult rape/attempted rape only, adult verbal sexual coercion only, and combined adult rape/attempt/coercion. The relationship between CSA and combined adult rape/attempt/coercion was mediated by all three altered self-capacities. However, altered self-capacities did not mediate the relationship between CPA and adult victimization. CEA was associated with altered self-capacities, but was not a significant predictor of verbal coercion only when maternal care was considered. Maternal care was the only significant predictor of adult verbal sexual coercion only when examined with all forms of child abuse and altered self-capacities. Adult rape only was not associated with child abuse or altered self-capacities. Findings indicate that altered self-capacities mediate revictimization only in the case of CSA and adult combined rape/attempt/coercion, and that maternal care is the strongest predictor of adult verbal sexual coercion. In addition, maternal care mediates the link between child abuse (all forms) and adult verbal sexual coercion. Findings support examining multiple forms of child abuse when assessing risk for sexual revictimization. Implications for intervention, including considerations for revictimization prevention on college campuses, are discussed.
Terri Messman-Moore, PhD (Committee Chair)
Margaret Wright, PhD (Committee Member)
Patricia Kerig, PhD (Committee Member)
Sally Lloyd, PhD (Committee Member)
78 p.
Psychology
rape; revictimization; child abuse; coercion; child sexual abuse; child physical abuse; child emotional abuse; maternal care

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  • Patrick, R. L. (2009). The Impact of Altered Self-Capacities on Revictimization in College Women [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1259708133

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Patrick, Rachel. The Impact of Altered Self-Capacities on Revictimization in College Women. 2009. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1259708133.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Patrick, Rachel. "The Impact of Altered Self-Capacities on Revictimization in College Women." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1259708133

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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