title: Relation Between Sexual Assault and Negative Affective Conditions in Female College Students: Does Loss of Hope Account for the Association?
abstract: The present study examined dispositional hope as a potential mediator of the association between sexual assault and negative affective conditions, namely, depressive and anxious symptoms in a sample of 223 female college students. Results from conducting bootstrapped mediation analyses indicated that hope agency, but not hope pathways, mediated the link between sexual assault victimization and negative affective conditions in females. Importantly, the associations of sexual assault with both depressive and anxious symptoms remained highly significant independent of hope. Some implications of the present findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Zunaira
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jilani
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Jiachen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: 2 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muyan
authors.affiliation: 3 East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Jameson K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anxious symptoms; depressive symptoms; female college students; hope; sexual assault