Holland Kathryn J, Bedera Nicole
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2020 Sep;26(11):1383-1402. doi: 10.1177/1077801219863879. Epub 2019 Jul 27.
Formal support providers can play a critical role in sexual assault survivors' well-being (e.g., providing resource referrals). In a university setting, resident assistants (RAs) are key support providers with a unique relationship to survivors based on their dual roles as help-provider and peer. We examined 305 RAs' responses to student sexual assault disclosure scenarios. Employing a critical discourse analysis, we identified four discourses used by RAs in their discussion of resources: controlling, gatekeeping, minimizing, and empowering. Due to power dynamics between RAs and residents, we conclude that empowering discourses would facilitate survivors' access to other resources (e.g., sexual assault center).
正式的支持提供者在性侵犯幸存者的福祉方面可以发挥关键作用（例如，提供资源转介）。在大学环境中， Resident assistants (RAs) 是关键的支持提供者，他们作为帮助提供者和同龄人这一双重角色，与幸存者有着独特的关系。我们研究了305名RA对学生性侵犯披露场景的反应。通过批判性话语分析，我们确定了RA在讨论资源时使用的四种话语：控制、把关、淡化和赋权。由于RA和居民之间的权力动态，我们得出结论，赋权话语将有助于幸存者获得其他资源（例如，性侵犯中心）。
