@article{c037346b92a341378fec9d7bdd2bf507,
title = "Disclosure and service use on a college campus after an unwanted sexual experience",
abstract = "In order to continue to facilitate the disclosure of sexual assault to professional support services, the current study examined the extent to which survivors report using campus services and whether friends who had disclosed to participants used the services. We also compared knowledge of a campus sexual assault center and likelihood of using the center among college men and women. Surveys were completed by 1,230 students, including victims of unwanted contact (n = 127), victims of unwanted intercourse (n = 26), and friends of victims (n = 253). Students who reported being victims of unwanted sexual experiences were reluctant to use services, expressing concerns that they would not be believed and that they would be blamed for what had happened to them. College men were significantly less likely to know where the sexual assault center was located, to report that they would use the center, and to report that unwanted sexual experiences were a problem on campus. Results indicate that much needs to be done to educate the campus community about the value of using professional support services after a sexual assault.",
keywords = "College students, Disclosure, Sexual assault, Support services",
author = "Walsh, {Wendy A.} and Banyard, {Victoria L.} and Moynihan, {Mary M.} and Sally Ward and Cohn, {Ellen S.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study is the result of an ongoing research collaboration at a public New England university funded by the university{\textquoteright}s Office of the President. The main aim of the study has been to examine the incidence and prevalence of unwanted sexual experiences among undergraduate students at the university (Banyard, Plante, Cohn, et al., 2005; Banyard et al., 2007). The campus has had a crisis center since the mid-1980s. The center offers direct service to survivors and provides education and outreach to the whole university community. A somewhat unique aspect of this center is that it is a full member of the state{\textquoteright}s Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and therefore has the same status and compliance requirements as the state{\textquoteright}s other regional crisis centers. These include providing a 24-hr toll-free crisis line; assistance in accessing emergency shelter; medical and legal accompaniment and advocacy; and support within the university{\textquoteright}s judicial programs system, the office charged with overseeing cases of student misconduct. About 150 primary and secondary survivors seek services from the center{\textquoteright}s professional staff and trained student advocates in a typical year. In addition, in a typical year, the center offers information and programming to approximately 6,000 individuals. A highly successful poster campaign on consent, originated by the center about 10 years ago, is also still in use. In addition, the center currently uses materials highlighting effective bystander responses to intimate partner and sexual violence (Banyard & Mayhew, in press).",
year = "2010",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1080/15299730903502912",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
pages = "134--151",
journal = "Journal of Trauma and Dissociation",
issn = "1529-9732",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "2",
}