SynthesisPsychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy2022
Associations between sexual assault and suicidal thoughts and behavior: A meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07346638 (A Pilot Study of the Building Empowerment and Resilience Program for Suicidal Ideation), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Pilot Study of the Building Empowerment and Resilience Program for Suicidal Ideation
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social Determinants of Health and Suicide-Related Outcomes: A Review of Meta-Analyses.JAMA psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A Popular Approach, but Do They Work? A Systematic Review of Social Marketing Campaigns to Prevent Sexual Violence on College Campuses.Violence against women · 2023Pooled it
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- Distinct scars: unique effects of physical and sexual abuse on mental health outcomes in a gender-specific substance use disorder sample in Brazil from 1998 to 2024.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Observational
- Health among sexual and gender minority people affected by armed conflict and forced displacement: Call for a biocultural and minority stress framework.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026Review
- Talking About Sex: Sexual Communication in the Context of Sexual Revictimization.Journal of child sexual abuse · 2026Article
- Sexual orientation, crime victimization, and relationship to the offender: Insights from New Zealand police records, 2014-2024.Public health · 2026Article
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- Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, posttraumatic cognitions, and dissociative experiences following rape: The roles of rape tactics and peritraumatic tonic immobility.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD Integrated with Cognitive Behavioral Coping Skills for Cannabis Use Disorder After Recent Sexual Assault: A Case Series.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs and Meaning in Life in Adolescent Suicidal Ideation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Lead to Improved Uptake of Services: A Cross-Sectional Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Suicidal Ideation in American Indian and Alaskan Native College-Attending Students.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Early intervention using written exposure therapy for PTSD and AUD symptoms following sexual assault: Description of design and methodology.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
- Gender-based violence among healthcare students: Prevalence, description and associated factors.PloS one · 2023Article
- Mental health of sexual assault victims and predictors of their use of support from in-house psychologists at Belgian sexual assault care centres.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Trends in US Emergency Department Use After Sexual Assault, 2006-2019.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Resilience to suicidal ideation among college sexual assault survivors: The protective role of optimism and gratitude in the context of posttraumatic stress.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2022Article
- Differences in Adolescent Experiences of Polyvictimization and Suicide Risk by Sexual Minority Status.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2021Article
- Alcohol Intoxication, Sexual Misperception, and Sexual Assault Perpetration: The Role of Sexual Drive-Related Alcohol Expectancies.Applied cognitive psychologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal of the present study was to conduct a quantitative review to determine the degree to which specific forms of suicidality (i.e., lifetime and past-year suicidal ideation and attempts) are associated with sexual assault (SA). It also examined whether the strength of the association between SA and suicidality was moderated by sample characteristics or the type of suicidality assessed.
methodA subset of studies (25 samples and 36 effects, reflecting N = 88,376 participants) from a prior meta-analysis assessing associations between SA and psychopathology was examined. Included studies provided the prevalence of suicidality in subsamples that had and had not been exposed to SA and/or an odds ratio comparing the prevalence in these groups. Random effects metaregression models aggregated prevalence estimates and odds ratios for lifetime and past-year suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in individuals in SA and no-SA groups. Analyses also examined whether sample characteristics (i.e., percent women, college sample) or type of suicidality moderated the magnitude of odds ratios.
resultsSubsamples exposed to SA reported a substantially higher prevalence of suicidality (27.25%) compared with unassaulted subsamples (9.37%). There were significantly higher rates of lifetime and past-year suicidal ideation, and lifetime suicide attempts in assaulted subsamples than in unassaulted subsamples. No tested moderators had significant associations with the strength of the relationship between SA and suicidality.
conclusionFindings underscore the robust relationship between SA and both suicidal ideation and attempts and suggest that identifying moderators and mediators that explain it is a key directive for future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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