The role of victim-offender relationship in women’s sexual assault experiences

Ullman, Sarah E.; Filipas, Henrietta H.; Townsend, Stephanie M.; Starzynski, Laura L.

doi:10.1177/0886260506288590

Cited by 121Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceChild Abuse and Trauma

The role of victim-offender relationship in women’s sexual assault experiences

Ullman, Sarah E., Filipas, Henrietta H., Townsend, Stephanie M., Starzynski, Laura L.·2006·Journal of Interpersonal Violence

DOI 10.1177/0886260506288590

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This study's goal is to identify differences in background, assault, and postassault factors according to the victim-offender relationship. A mail survey is conducted with more than 1,000 female sexual assault survivors (response rate 90%) recruited from college, community, and mental health agency sources. Stranger assailants are associated with a greater victim perceived life threat, more severe sexual assaults, and ethnic minority victims. Positive social reactions do not vary according to the victim-offender relationship, but stranger victims report more negative social reactions from others than do victims of acquaintances or romantic partners. Assaults by strangers and relatives are associated with more posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms than assaults by acquaintances and romantic partners. As expected, survivors' social cognitive responses to rape and social reactions from support providers are stronger correlates of PTSD symptoms than demographic or assault characteristics in general, but correlates vary across victim-offender relationship groups.

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Authors: Ullman, S. E., Filipas, H. H., Townsend, S. M., & Starzynski, L. L.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Dominican University (US)
Corresponding author: Ullman, Sarah E.
ORCID: Ullman, Sarah E.
Venue: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2006-06
Volume: 21
Issue: 6
Pages: 798-819
ISSN: 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
1552-6518
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506288590
OpenAlex: W2171681612
Cited by: 120
References: 60
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 10.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA13455, R01AA013455)
Topics: Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords: victim-offender relationship, stranger rape, intimate partner rape, post-traumatic stress disorder, perceived life threat, sexual assault survivors
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aggression, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Illinois, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Rape, Social Adjustment, Social Perception, Social Support, Spouse Abuse, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Battered Women, Crime Victims

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