Rethinking Sexual Trauma Research: University Students Reactions to Participating in a Sexual Trauma Survey.
The consistently high prevalence of unwanted sexual experiences (USEs) on university campuses has led to increasing calls for evidence-based solutions to inform policies, training, and intervention development. However, Research Ethics Committees are often hesitant to approve sexual trauma research...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Vol. 41; no. 5/6; pp. 1130 - 1152 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Mar2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=191254431&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 191254431 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 08862605 JIV jtl: Journal of Interpersonal Violence issn: 08862605 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 41 iid: 5/6 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 191254431 10.1177/08862605251319293 ppf: 1130 ppct: 22 formats: tig: atl: Rethinking Sexual Trauma Research: University Students Reactions to Participating in a Sexual Trauma Survey. aug: au: Reynolds, Megan Anyadike-Danes, Ngozi Lagdon, Susan Aventin, Áine Flack Jr., William F. McGlinchey, Emily Armour, Chérie affil: Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA su: Ireland Sex crimes Human research subjects Ethics Psychology of college students Student attitudes T-test (Statistics) Questionnaires Mann Whitney U Test Sexual trauma Data analysis software sug: subj: Sex crimes Human research subjects Ethics Psychology of college students Student attitudes Ireland T-test (Statistics) Questionnaires Mann Whitney U Test Sexual trauma Data analysis software keyword: ethics reactions to research participation sexual trauma sexual violence university students ethics reactions to research participation sexual trauma sexual violence university students ab: The consistently high prevalence of unwanted sexual experiences (USEs) on university campuses has led to increasing calls for evidence-based solutions to inform policies, training, and intervention development. However, Research Ethics Committees are often hesitant to approve sexual trauma research due to beliefs that asking participants about traumatic experiences will cause extreme distress. Conversely, previous literature has found that many participants who have experienced sexual trauma report positive reactions following their participation in such research. Studies have found that while immediate negative emotional reactions are common, this distress is short-term (e.g., lasting only minutes or hours after participation). The present study assessed 469 Northern Irish university students' experiences of participating in research addressing USEs. The findings indicated that participating in USE research was a positive experience for participants, regardless of victimization status. Further, participants who reported a victimization experience did not report experiencing a negative emotional reaction to participating in the study. This article considers the ethics of conducting sexual trauma research among university students, with reference to common ethical concerns that can be addressed as part of the research process. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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