Adult sexual assault experienced by lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women: group differences in psychological health outcomes and perpetrator characteristics

MacDonald, A. (2020). Adult sexual assault experienced by lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women: group differences in psychological health outcomes and perpetrator characteristics. https://scholar.acadiau.ca/islandora/object/theses:3364

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Title

Adult sexual assault experienced by lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women: group differences in psychological health outcomes and perpetrator characteristics

Author
MacDonald, Alyssa
Call Number

LE3 .A278 2020

Date

2020

Supervisor

Price, Lisa

Degree Grantor

Acadia University

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science

Degree Level

Honours

Discipline

Psychology

Affiliation

Psychology

Abstract

There is a lack of research on adult sexual assault perpetrated against sexual minority women, psychological health among those with an adult sexual assault history, and perpetrator characteristics. In this study participants were recruited through social media and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, and 136 women completed the survey on LimeSurvey. Among those with an adult sexual assault history, group differences in psychological health outcomes between lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual women were analyzed, with no significant differences found. Bisexual and lesbian women were more likely to experience male perpetrated than female perpetrated sexual assault, both bisexual and lesbian women experienced more female perpetrated sexual assault than heterosexual women, and bisexual women experienced more male perpetrated sexual assault than lesbian and heterosexual women.

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