Open AccessSeeing roses in the thorn bush: Sexual assault survivors’ perceptions of social reactions.
Author(s) -
Emily R. Dworkin,
Emily P. Newton,
Nicole E. Allen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychology of violence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2152-0828
pISSN - 2152-081X
DOI - 10.1037/vio0000082
Subject(s) - psychology , closeness , context (archaeology) , perception , social perception , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , poison control , developmental psychology , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency , mathematics , communication , mathematical analysis , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
After sexual assault, survivors often reach to others for support and receive a range of reactions. Although these reactions have been characterized by researchers as positive (e.g., emotional support) or negative (e.g., victim blaming), survivors vary in their perceptions in ways that do not always match this framework. The goal of this research was to examine the degree to which designations of reactions as "positive" or "negative" fits across types of reactions and explain instances of mismatch between these designations and survivors' perceptions.