Abstract
Sexual violence is an ongoing troubling issue in America, especially sexual violence against women. In situations of sexual assault, survivors' voices are often silenced due to the presence of rape culture, a complex and deeply ingrained entity, which perpetuates a society in which victims are blamed, and perpetrators are protected. Previous literature on how and why survivors discuss their experiences of assault, and the effects of survivors engaging in interpersonal self-disclosure, is scarce and only scrapes the surface of survivors' stories of disclosures. This study hopes to better explore the thoughts and feelings of young adult female sexual assault survivors regarding talking about their experiences in an interpersonal setting.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
50
Issue
1
First Page
72
Last Page
93
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Annaliese
(2018)
"The Effects of Self-Disclosure in Interpersonal Relationships Post-sexual Assault: Giving Survivors a Voice,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 50:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol50/iss1/7
Copyright
©2018 Iowa Communication Association
