Since 1988, the Department of Defense (DoD) has conducted wide-scale surveys about the sexual assault experiences of active-duty military members. Despite the growing body of research on this topic and widespread gender integration efforts for female soldiers, scholars still lack an understanding of...
Sexual harassment affects the lives of women in a variety of organizational settings, and the United States military has been no exception. While several studies have documented the prevalence of women's experiences with harassment among both the enlisted and officer ranks, little is known about wom...
The purpose of this study was to investigate childhood sexual abuse (CSA), adulthood sexual victimization (ASV), and adulthood sexual assault experiences in a comparison sample of female military veterans (n = 142) and civilian community members (n = 81). Women veterans were significantly more ...
Military sexual trauma (MST) is reported by 20–40% of female veterans. The purpose of this study of female veterans referred for MST treatment was to examine the relationships between lifetime trauma (physical, sexual, and psychological) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, physi...
Sexual Assault in Women Veterans: An Examination of PTSD Risk, Health Care Utilization, and Cost of Care women veteranshealth care utilizationhealth care costssexual assaultOBJECTIVE: This study examines the differential impact of military, civilian adult, and ... A Surís,L Lind,TM Kashner,......
Prevalence of depressive and alcohol abuse symptoms among women VA outpatients who report experiencing sexual assault while in the military Among a national sample of 3,632 women VA outpatients, we determined self-reported prevalence of sexual assault experienced during military service and com... CS...
205 of 1,339 servicewomen experienced at least one sexual assault while serving in-military (SAIM). Only 16% (n=33) reported receiving medical care for any SAIM, even though 26% reported being physically injured and 18% reported vaginal injuries. The primary reason for not seeking post-...
Postmilitary rape, sex partnership, and current depression were significantly associated with lifetime SUD in multivariate models (odds ratio = 2.3, 3.6, 2.1, respectively). Many women veterans have a high need for comprehensive mental health services. 展开 ...
Approximately one in four women professors claimed to have been sexually harassed while at the university, and many more claimed to have experienced a variety of behaviors, ranging from sexist comments to sexual assault. The data further show that women professors experience these behaviors from all...
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