Table 3.
Mental health, family support, and coping.
| Total group (n=1,304) |
NSV (n=806) |
Rape (n=183) |
NCS (n=315) |
F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IES-R | |||||
| Intrusion | 1.82 (.69) | 1.71 (.63) | 1.83 (.69) | 2.09 (.79) | 35.94** |
| Avoidance | 1.92 (.72) | 1.80 (.70) | 2.06 (.68) | 2.14 (.76) | 29.09** |
| Hyperarousal | 1.87 (.74) | 1.71 (.68) | 2.08 (.67) | 2.15 (.83) | 51.19** |
| Total PTSD score | 1.87 (.65) | 1.74 (.61) | 1.98 (.57) | 2.12 (.71) | 17.55** |
| HSCL-37A | |||||
| Depression | 1.68 (.35) | 1.61 (.33) | 1.76 (.36) | 1.77 (.37) | 29.20** |
| Anxiety | 1.76 (.37) | 1.71 (.37) | 1.79 (.37) | 1.85 (.38) | 17.18** |
| Family support (MSPSS) | 3.02 (1.01) | 3.10 (1.05) | 2.85 (.81) | 2.96 (1.00) | 5.29* |
| Avoidant/adjustment coping (Kidcope) | 1.80 (.52) | 1.70 (.48) | 2.03 (.54) | 1.95 (.53) | 50.22** |
Mean(SD); *p < .01, **p < .001; NSV, participants who reported no sexual violence; Rape, participants who reported experiences of rape; NCS, participants who reported nonconsensual sexual experiences, but did not label these as “rape”; IES-R, Impact of Events Scale-Revised; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; HSCL-37A, Hopkins Symptom Checklist-37 for Adolescents; MSPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.