SynthesisClinical psychology review2019
Social reactions to disclosure of interpersonal violence and psychopathology: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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85 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers and Facilitators of Help-Seeking for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- A review of the 257 meta-analyses of the differences between females and males in prevalence and risk, protective factors, and treatment outcomes for mental disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The Process of Online Disclosures of Interpersonal Victimization: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Training Informal Supporters to Improve Responses to Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluation of Multidimensional Functional Impairment in Adult Sexual Assault Survivors, with a Focus on Its Psychological, Physical, and Social Dimensions, Based on Validated Measurements: A PRISMA Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- An ecological approach to understanding the impact of sexual violence: a systematic meta-review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Social network responses to victims of potentially traumatic events: A systematic review using qualitative evidence synthesis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Examining moderators of the relationship between social support and self-reported PTSD symptoms: A meta-analysis.Psychological bulletin · 2021Pooled it
- Trauma disclosure and willingness to involve close others in therapy across two exposure-based treatments for PTSD.Behaviour research and therapy · 2026Trial
- Painful, but necessary: a qualitative process evaluation on patient experiences with modified prolonged exposure as early intervention after rape (the EIR study).European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Trial
- Supporting sexual assault disclosure: a qualitative study of women's experiences and preferences in gynaecological and midwifery care in the Netherlands.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- The effects of trauma non-disclosure on symptoms of posttraumatic stress, anxiety and depression: findings from a prospective, population-based study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Motivators and Resources for Trauma Recovery (I- MOVE) Scale Among Gender-Based Violence Survivors.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- "Reclaiming the Narrative" of Sexual Violence Disclosures on Social Media: Social Reactions, Gender Norms, and Recovery.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Survivor experiences of forensic and legal processes after sexual assault: an exploratory mixed-methods study of participants recruited through Middle Eastern support networks.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review of Trauma Disclosure Behaviors to Informal Support Sources.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Involving Intimate Partners in Trauma-Focused Treatment: Veteran and Intimate Partner Perspectives.Couple & family psychology · 2026Article
- "Will you be there for me?" Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions.American journal of community psychology · 2026Article
- Sexual violence disclosure in Canadian postsecondary educational institutions: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Stability of Cybergrooming Victimization Among Adolescents: A One-Year Latent Transition Analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
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Abstract
Public attention has been increasingly paid to how friends, family members, and others can best support survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. The broader social support literature posits that perceiving social support positively is more important to mental health than the degree to which social support is actually received, and that negative interactions with social supporters are more harmful than positive interactions are helpful (potentially because negative reactions violate survivors' expectations of their social supporters). This may be especially true after a crisis, such as interpersonal violence. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis summarizes the literature on social reactions to interpersonal violence. Meta-regression analyses were performed on 1871 correlations from 51 studies reflecting the degree to which receiving specific reactions more frequently, or perceiving reactions more positively, was associated with psychopathology. Results indicated that negative social reactions to disclosure-especially reactions involving controlling, distracting, and treating survivors differently-were associated with worse psychopathology, whereas positive social reactions did not appear to be protective. Perceiving reactions more positively was associated with less severe psychopathology, but (although causation cannot be concluded) positive perceptions' potential benefit appeared to be smaller than the potential risk conveyed by negative reactions. These findings indicate that interventions which reduce the degree to which survivors receive negative social reactions are needed.
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