Sexual violence in military service members/veterans individual and interpersonal outcomes associated with single and multiple exposures to civilian and military sexual violence
- Blais, R. K., Livingston, W. S., Barrett, T. S., & Tannahill, H. S. (2023). Sexual violence in military service members/veterans individual and interpersonal outcomes associated with single and multiple exposures to civilian and military sexual violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(3-4), 2585-2613. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221101197
- This study examined how history of sexual victimization (i.e., unwanted sexual harassment or sexual assault) was related to the mental and sexual health of Service members and Veterans (SM/Vs). 883 women SM/Vs and 556 men SM/Vs were categorized into 4 groups based on their history of sexual victimization: no sexual violence, premilitary sexual violence (PSV), military sexual violence (MSV), and revictimization (i.e., both PSV and MSV). All participants reported on their posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. Women reported on their sexual functioning (e.g., desire) and sexual satisfaction, whereas men reported on their sexual compulsion and erectile dysfunction. Overall, SM/Vs with a history of MSV or revictimization tended to report poorer mental and sexual health than SM/Vs without a history of sexual victimization or SM/Vs with PSV only.
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