: A Qualitative Analysis of Sexual Victimization Narratives
Title:      A Qualitative Analysis of Sexual Victimization Narratives
Authors:      Jenny K. Rinehart and Elizabeth A. Yeater
ISBN-10(13):      ODVN
Publisher:      Violence Against Women Journal, Vol. 17, No.7, July 2011
Publication date:      July 2011
Language:      English
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Description:      The current study examined qualitatively 78 sexual victimization narrantives to (a) investigagte variability within Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) catagories to determine whether these events shared contextual featues, (b) investigate variability between SES categories to determine whether these events were contextually distinct, and (c) identify emerging contextual features of victimization experiences.  Results reveated considerable variation in both within- and between- SES severity categories.  Qualitative analysis also identified several emerging contextual featues of victimization narratives, such as the after-party situaltion.  Findings suggest that qualitative research may expose contextual measures of sexual victimization.