PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Sam Groth, Sexual Orientation
21 Jan 2017
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Prevalence: sexual assaults against children are more highly reported, affects a large percentage among the population, high victimization rates among, children and youth (1-12, women (1-5, lower rates among adults. Why: they don"t feel like the matter is important enough, they feel the matter is too personal, don"t want to involve the police. Sexual assault: nonconsensual sexual act by either a male or female person to either a male or female person, regardless of the relationship between the people involved. There are 3 levels: simple assault (max. 10 yrs, sex. Assault with weapon or causing bodily harm (max. 14 yrs: aggravated sexual assault (max. Burgess and holmstrom: rape trauma syndrome: a group of symptoms or behaviors. The effects of rape were divided into 2 phases: acute phases symptoms include high levels of fear, anxiety and depression, wonder why it happened to them and commonly engage in self-blame. f f o s d n a.
