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NCJ Number:	34001

Title:	COPING BEHAVIOR OF THE RAPE VICTIM

Journal:	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Volume:133 Issue:4 Dated:(APRIL 1976) Pages:413-418

Author(s):	A W BURGESS; L L HOLMSTROM

Corporate Author:	American Psychiatric Assoc United States of America

Date Published:	1976

Page Count:	6

Sponsoring Agency:	American Psychiatric Assoc Arlington, VA 22209

Type:	Report (Study/Research)

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	ANALYSIS OF THE COPING BEHAVIOR (BEFORE, DURING, AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ATTACK) OF 92 WOMEN AGED 17-73 DIAGNOSED AS HAVING RAPE TRAUMA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELING.

Abstract:	MOST OF THE WOMEN USED VERBAL, PHYSICAL, OR COGNITIVE STRATEGIES WHEN THREATENED, ALTHOUGH 34 WERE PHYSICALLY OR PSYCHOLOGICALLY PARALYZED. THE ACTUAL RAPE PROMPTED COPING BEHAVIORS IN ALL BUT ONE VICTIM. ESCAPING THE SITUATION OR THE ASSAILANT IS THE PRIMARY TASK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ATTACK. THE AUTHORS MAINTAIN THAT, IN COUNSELING THE RAPE VICTIM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HER INDIVIDUAL STYLE OF COPING, TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AND TO SUGGEST ALTERNATIVES FOR FUTURE STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)

Index Term(s):	Behavior typologies; Behavior under stress; Crisis intervention; Females; Psychological victimization effects; Rape; Rape counseling; Sexual assault trauma; Sexual assault victims; Victim attitudes; Victim reactions to crime; Victimology



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