Carey Kate B, Norris Alyssa L, Durney Sarah E, Shepardson Robyn L, Carey Michael P
a Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences , Brown University School of Public Health , Providence , RI.
b Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University , Providence , RI.
J Am Coll Health. 2018 Aug-Sep;66(6):480-486. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1431915. Epub 2018 Mar 22.
One in five college women experience unwanted sexual contact while in college, with first-year women being at the greatest risk. Given these data, we investigate how first-semester sexual assault impacts college women's mental health.
483 female first-year students enrolled in the study during the first month of college.
All participants completed a health questionnaire when they arrived on campus and again at the end of their first semester.
Twelve percent of participants reported sexual assault during the first semester of college. After controlling for baseline mental health and precollege sexual assault history, sexual assault during the first semester predicted clinically significant levels of anxiety and depression at the end of that semester.
The occurrence of sexual assault early in college has adverse mental health consequences.
五分之一的大学女生在大学期间经历过 unwanted sexual contact,其中一年级女生风险最大。鉴于这些数据,我们研究大学第一学期的性侵犯如何影响大学女生的心理健康。
483名大学一年级女生在大学第一个月参加了该研究。
所有参与者在入学时和第一学期末都完成了一份健康问卷。
12%的参与者报告在大学第一学期遭受过性侵犯。在控制了基线心理健康和大学前性侵犯史后,第一学期的性侵犯预示着该学期末临床上显著的焦虑和抑郁水平。
大学早期发生性侵犯会对心理健康产生不良后果。