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Latent Profiles Among Sexual Assault Survivors

Implications for Defensive Coping and Resistance

Rebecca J. Macy, PhD, ACSW, LCSW

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, rjmacy{at}email.unc.edu

Paula S. Nurius, PhD, MSW, MA

University of Washington

Jeanette Norris, PhD

University of Washington

Rape resistance trainings need to prepare women to recognize and resist sexual assault across a range of experiences and contexts. To help address this need, this research used an investigation of 415 college women who completed a survey about their situational responding to an experience of acquaintance sexual assault. A previously established person-centered analysis model of four distinct risk and protective factor profiles was used to investigate the variability in women's responding. The profiling factors included women's prior victimization, alcohol consumption, relationship expectancies of the assailant, and assertive precautionary habits. Multivariate ANOVA was used to test for differences among the four profile groups on their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responding. Results showed that the profile groups significantly differed in their assault responses. The findings highlight the utility of holistic, multivariate analyses for understanding women's sexual assault responses and help inform tailored resistance and empowerment trainings.

Key Words: coping • empowerment • prevention • revictimization • sexual assault

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 22, No. 5, 543-565 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506298841
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