Citation

Orchowski LM, Untied AS, Gidycz CA. J. Interpers. Violence 2012; 27(9): 1743-1761.

Affiliation

Brown University, Providence, RI; Ohio University, Athens, OH.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260511430391

PMID

22203633

Abstract

The current study examined college women's perceptions of the positive and negative socioemotional consequences associated with engaging in self-protective behaviors to reduce risk for sexual victimization. At baseline, women completed assessments of the extent to which they would experience positive or negative socioemotional consequences as a result of engaging in various self-protective behaviors. At a 2-month follow-up, women reported on their engagement in self-protective behaviors and experience of sexual victimization over the interim (N = 143). At baseline, some self-protective strategies were perceived as having more positive or negative socioemotional consequences than others. Perceiving a high level of negative socioemotional consequences associated with taking precautions prior to a date was associated with sexual victimization over the 2-month follow-up.

Language: en