An Analysis of Help-Seeking Patterns Among College Student Victims of Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking
An Analysis of Help-Seeking Patterns Among College Student Victims of Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking
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DOI：
10.1177/0886260517721169
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Hines, Denise A.
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作者：
Ameral, Victoria;Palm Reed, Kathleen M.;Hines, Denise A.
尽管与性侵犯（SA），约会暴力（DV）和跟踪受害的负面结果，许多受害者，特别是大学生，不寻求这些犯罪的帮助。迄今为止，大多数寻求帮助的研究都集中在一种形式的受害，尽管有大量证据表明，许多受害者经历了一种以上的人际暴力。除了考虑这种多受害者，干预努力，以增加寻求帮助，以改善受害者的结果可能会受益于更清楚地了解跨受害类型的寻求帮助的重叠预测。以健康信念模式（HBM）为指导框架，本研究探讨了大学生样本中SA、DV和跟踪求助的预测因素。数据是通过一项为期多年的匿名电子邮件调查收集的。人口预测求助和严重性指标告知HBM进行了评估，跨暴力类型。除了复制以前的工作，结果提供了支持的HBM，这样的一些严重性指标，特别是那些代表重叠的受害类型，预测求助在多变量水平。结果还提供了新的证据重叠的障碍，以寻求帮助的暴力类型，与受害者的信念，该事件是不够严重的最常见的原因，不寻求帮助，在所有三种类型的受害。这种重叠可能为巩固各种受害类型的预防和干预工作提供机会。
Despite the negative outcomes associated with sexual assault (SA), dating violence (DV), and stalking victimization, many victims, particularly college students, do not seek help for these crimes. To date, the majority of help-seeking research has focused on one form of victimization, despite substantial evidence that many victims experience more than one form of interpersonal violence. In addition to consideration of such polyvictims, intervention efforts to increase help-seeking to improve victim outcomes may benefit from a clearer understanding of overlapping predictors of help-seeking across victimization types. Using the health belief model (HBM) as a guiding framework, the current study examined predictors of help-seeking for SA, DV, and stalking in a college student sample. Data were collected via a multiyear anonymous email survey of general health and well-being. Demographic predictors of help-seeking and severity indicators informed by the HBM were evaluated across violence types. In addition to replicating previous work, results provided support for the HBM, such that a number of severity indicators, particularly those representing overlap across victimization types, predicted help-seeking at the multivariate level. Results also provide new evidence for overlap of barriers to help-seeking across violence types, with victim's belief that the incident was not serious enough the most commonly reported reason for not seeking help across all three types of victimization. This overlap may provide opportunities for consolidating prevention and intervention efforts across victimization types.