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Segal, Daniel L. – Death Studies, 2009
A substantial literature has documented that sexual abuse relates to suicidal behaviors but relatively less is known about resilience to suicide, especially cognitive deterrents to suicide. The present study investigated the effects of a history of sexual victimization on reasons for living. Female participants (N = 138; M age = 24.4 years; SD =…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Prevention, Suicide
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Clements, Caroline M.; Ogle, Richard L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Psychological symptoms, abuse characteristics, abuse disability, and coping were assessed in college women who either did or did not acknowledge victim status relative to rape or intimate partner violence. Women were asked directly whether they had experienced intimate partner violence or rape. They also completed the Conflicts Tactic Scale (CTS)…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Rape, Females, Coping
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Harrington, Ellen F.; Crowther, Janis H.; Shipherd, Jillian C. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: The primary goal of this study was to test a culturally specific model of binge eating in African American female trauma survivors, investigating potential mechanisms through which trauma exposure and distress were related to binge eating symptomatology. Method: Participants were 179 African American female trauma survivors who…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Inhibition, Questionnaires, Path Analysis