Benefits and barriers to disclosing sexual trauma: A contextual approach

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-133

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a   Foynes, Melissa Ming ^b   Tang, Sharon Shin Shin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77951152944     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730903502904     Document Type: Editorial

References (15)

1. Ahrens, C. E., Campbell, R., Ternier-Thames, N. K., Wasco, S. M., & Sefl, T. (2007). Deciding whom to tell: Expectations and outcomes of rape survivors' first disclosures. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 32, 38-49.
2. Alaggia, R. (2004). Many ways of telling: Expanding conceptualizations of child sexual abuse disclosure. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28, 1213-1227.
3. Antal, H. M., & Range, L. M. (2005). Psychological impact of writing about abuse or positive experiences. Violence and Victims, 20, 717-728.
4. Batten, S., Follette, V., Hall, M., & Palm, K. (2002). Physical and psychological effects of written disclosure among sexual abuse survivors. Behavior Therapy, 33, 107-122
5. Brown, E. J., & Heimberg, R. G. (2001). Effects of writing about rape: Evaluating Pennebaker's paradigm of a severe trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14, 781-790.
6. Bryant-Davis, T., Chung, H., & Tillman, S. (2009). From the margins to the center: Ethnic minority women and the mental health effects of sexual assault. Journal of Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 10, 330-357.
7. Campbell, R., Ahrens, C., Wasco, S., Sefl, T., & Barnes, H. (2001). Social reactions to rape victims: Healing and hurtful effects on psychological and physical health outcomes. Violence and Victims, 16, 287-302.
8. Coker, A. L., Smith, P. H., Thompson, M. P., McKeown, R. E., Bethea, L., & Davis, K. E. (2002). Social support protects against the negative effects of partner violence on mental health. Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine, 11, 465-476.
9. Frattaroli, J. (2006). Experimental disclosure and its moderators: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 823-865.
10. Kogan, S. M. (2004). Disclosing unwanted sexual experiences: Results from a national sample of adolescent women. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28, 147-165
11. Lepore, S. J., Ragan, J. D., & Jones, S. (2000). Talking facilitates cognitive-emotional processes of adaptation to an acute stressor. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 78, 499-508.
12. Menard, K. S. (2005). Reporting sexual assault: A social ecology perspective. El Paso, TX: LFB Scholarly.
13. Pennebaker, J. W., Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Glaser, R. (1988). Disclosure of traumas and immune function: Health implications for psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 239-245.
14. Smyth, J. M. (1998). Written emotional disclosure: Effect sizes, outcome types, and moderating variables. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 174-184.
15. Ullman, S. E. (2010). Talking about sexual assault: Society's response to survivors. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.