“I’ve Never Told Anyone”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interviews With College Women Who Experienced Sexual Assault and Remained Silent | Zendy

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“I’ve Never Told Anyone”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interviews With College Women Who Experienced Sexual Assault and Remained Silent

Author(s) -

Sandra L. Caron,

Deborah Mitchell

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

violence against women

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.807

H-Index - 96

eISSN - 1552-8448

pISSN - 1077-8012

DOI - 10.1177/10778012211022766

Subject(s) - sexual assault , psychology , qualitative research , suicide prevention , social psychology , poison control , medicine , medical education , clinical psychology , medical emergency , sociology , social science

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the decision made by some college women who are raped to ell no one . In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 college women between the ages of 19-24 who had never shared their sexual assault with anyone prior to speaking to the researchers. This study provides a systematic investigation of the factors underlying women's decisions to remain silent. The knowledge and understanding gained from these in-depth interviews offer insight for individuals and institutions to support these students and for the development of future efforts encouraging women survivors to tell someone.

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