Abstract
Self-Compassion Differences in Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault and Nonsexual Assault Trauma
Highlights
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2019; Basile, Smith, Breidling, Black, & Mahendra, 2014; See CDC report prepared by Black et al, 2011), 1 in 3 women have experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives
There was a significant difference in self-compassion between those who had experienced sexual assault (M = 72.47, SD = 20.24) and those who experienced traumatic events that did not involve sexual assault (M = 79.84, SD = 19.14); t(170) = 2.43, p = .02, Cohen’s d =
The mean and standard deviation for self-compassion were 75.77 and 20.03 respectively. Results indicated that those who experienced sexual assault had significantly lower levels of self-compassion compared to those who experienced other types of potentially traumatic events. This difference became marginally significant when controlling for number of years that had passed since the traumatic event (F[1, 160] = 3.52, p = .06 ηp2 = .02)
Summary
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2019; Basile, Smith, Breidling, Black, & Mahendra, 2014; See CDC report prepared by Black et al, 2011), 1 in 3 women have experienced sexual violence (including rape, sexual coercion, unwanted sexual contact, and noncontact unwanted sexual experiences) at some point in their lives. Black et al (2011) discuss broader sexual assault violence other than rape, such as coercion, unwanted sexual contact, and noncontact unwanted sexual experiences. Noncontact unwanted sexual experience includes someone exposing their body parts to a person who does not wish to see them, making a victim look at sexual photos, public harassment that makes the victim feel unsafe (Black et al, 2011). Men can be (and are) victims of sexual violence, such violence disproportionately affects women (CDC, 2019)
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