ASSOCIATIONS AMONG SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION EXPERIENCES, COPING STRATEGIES, AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN HETEROSEXUAL AND SEXUAL MINORITY WOMEN
Journal: UNM’s Digital Repository (University of New Mexico)
Year: 2016

This study examined the associations among sexual minority status, adult sexual victimization, childhood experiences of abuse and neglect, coping strategies, and psychopathology in womens sexual assault experiences. One hundred and seventy-seven women (n = 177) were recruited via the Internet to complete an online study asking them about their most distressing/severe sexual victimization experience. Non-parametric tests were used to examine associations among the variables. There were significan