Relation Between Sexual Assault and Negative Affective Conditions in Female College Students
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study examined dispositional hope as a potential mediator of the association between sexual assault and negative affective conditions, namely, depressive and anxious symptoms in a sample of 223 female college students. Results from conducting bootstrapped mediation analyses indicated that hope agency, but not hope pathways, mediated the link between sexual assault victimization and negative affective conditions in females. Importantly, the associations of sexual assault with both depressive and anxious symptoms remained highly significant independent of hope. Some implications of the present findings are discussed.
Authors: Edward C. Chang, Zunaira Jilani, Tina Yu, Jiachen Lin, Mine Muyan, Jameson K. Hirsch
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2122054552