APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Perceived Control over Future Assaults after Sexual Trauma: The Role of Self-Blame, Posttraumatic Stress, and Cardiovascular Reactivity
- Sinead Sinnott
University of Connecticut - Crystal Park
University of Connecticut - Zachary Magin
University of Connecticut
Abstract
Among sexual trauma survivors, higher perceived control over preventing future assaults mediates the relationship between high self-blame and high posttraumatic stress, particularly among individuals with heightened cardiovascular reactions to trauma reminders. This is likely due to feeling more “on-guard” to prevent assaults when one believes prevention is within one’s control.
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