High Rape Chronicity and Low Rates of Help-Seeking Among Wife Rape Survivors in a Nonclinical Sample: Implications for Research and Practice
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Research on sexual assault experiences and outcomes has not consistently reported analyses by victim/offender relationship and has not provided much detail on sexual assaults by husbands and ex-husbands. National Crime Victimization Survey data were analyzed to examine sexual assault chronicity and help-seeking behaviors among survivors of marital, acquaintance, and stranger sexual assault. Marital sexual assault survivors were significantly more likely than acquaintance and stranger survivors to experience multiple assaults, with many marital survivors experiencing more than 10 assaults in a 6-month period. The marital group was also less likely to seek medical, police, or agency help. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
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Women survivors of sexual violence by an intimate partner can also be exposed to ongoing abuse, often alongside physical or psychological violence that can last for many years.
“This was the case even though women survivors of sexual violence by an intimate partner can also be exposed to ongoing abuse (Mahoney, 1999), often alongside physical or psychological violence that can last for many years (Easteal & McOrmond-Plummer, 2009; World Health Organization, 2013).”
From Global Prevalence and Mental Health Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024) · cites this paper as Mahoney, 1999
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- Authors
- MAHONEY, P.
- Affiliations
- Wellesley College (US)
- Corresponding author
- MAHONEY, PATRICIA
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1999-09
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 993-1016
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W2115514992
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 4.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Keywords
- help-seeking, victim-offender relationship, National Crime Victimization Survey, non-clinical sample, medical help-seeking
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