Pathways to and factors associated with rape stigma experienced by rape survivors in South Africa: Analysis of baseline data from a rape cohort

In the above article, the uploaded version of the structural equation model figure (Figure 1) is incorrect and does not match its description in the text.

FIGURE 1.

Final structural model of paths to rape stigma

The corrected figure is provided below:

In page 334, there is also an error in Table 5 as the lower confidence interval and the effect size were transposed in the table for the Unstandardised and Standardised Coefficients. The corrected table is provided below:

TABLE 5.

Rape stigma SEM: Direct effects and equation level goodness of fit

	Unstandardized coef. (95% CI)	Standardized coef. (95%CI)	p value
Paths
Childhood abuse and neglect → rape stigma	0.29(0.19–0.38)	0.27(0.19–0.35)	<0.001
Food insecurity → rape stigma	0.41(0.04–0.78)	0.09(0.01–0.16)	0.03
Equitable gender attitudes → rape stigma	−0.15(−0.24 to −0.06)	−0.14(−0.21 to −0.06)	0.001
Other traumatic experiences→ rape stigma	0.19(0.02–0.37)	0.09(0.01–0.17)	0.033
Food insecurity → childhood abuse and neglect	0.49(0.10–0.87)	0.11(0.03–0.19)	0.014
Childhood abuse and neglect → other traumatic experiences	0.14(0.10–0.18)	0.29(0.22–0.37)	<0.001
Childhood abuse and neglect → equitable gender attitudes	0.12(0.05–0.18)	0.12(0.05–0.20)	0.001
Food insecurity → equitable gender attitudes	−0.37(−0.65 to −0.09)	−0.09(−0.15 to −0.02)	0.009
Variances
Other traumatic experiences	3.02(2.68–3.35)	0.91(0.87–0.96)	<0.001
Equitable gender attitudes	12.65(11.38–13.92)	0.98(0.96–1.00)	<0.001
Childhood abuse and neglect	14.62(10.97–18.27)	0.99(0.97–1.01)	<0.001
Internal rape stigma	10.09(5.26–14.92)	0.38(0.20–0.56)	<0.001
External rape stigma	4.72(3.75–5.68)	0.61(0.48–0.73)	<0.001
Rape stigma	14.45(9.67–19.23)	0.88(0.83–0.93)	<0.001
Equation level goodness of fit	R 2
Other traumatic experiences	0.086
Equitable gender attitudes	0.021
Childhood abuse and neglect	0.012
Internal rape stigma	0.619
External rape stigma	0.393
Rape stigma	0.118

Lastly in page 335, Results section, there is an error in the second to last sentence and it should read as follows:

There was also a pathway from food insecurity to rape stigma mediated by childhood trauma and exposure to other trauma, with the direction of effect indicating that greater trauma exposure was associated with more rape stigma.

The authors apologize for these errors.