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CLINICAL RESEARCH

Attributions, World Assumptions, and Recovery from Sexual Assault

Sarah E. Ullman PhD University of Illinois, Chicago
Pages 1-19 | Received 15 May 1996, Accepted 05 Nov 1996, Published online: 12 Oct 2008
 
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ABSTRACT

The present study examined how sexual assault history and attributions of blame were related to measures of recovery from and cognitive adaptation to trauma in a convenience sample of sexual assault victims (N = 155) who completed a mail survey. Attributions of blame were related to assumptions about self and world, but were unrelated to self-rated recovery. Women sexually victimized in both childhood and adulthood had lower self-worth and were more likely to make external attributions of blame. Increased self-blame was related to poorer recovery for women assaulted in both life phases. Implications for clinical treatment and future research are discussed.

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