Understanding Discussions of Sexual Assault in Young Women on a Peer Support Mental Health App: A Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Trauma narratives may have been influenced by the Me Too movement, with thousands of individuals disclosing sexual violence stories online. Youth, the largest demographic of online users, may prefer the anonymity of the Internet to discuss experiences of sexual assault. Understanding the ways that young women, especially those experiencing mental health difficulties, discuss their experiences is important as they are at higher risk of revictimization and continued poor mental health. We searched for terms related to acts of sexual assault on a mental health peer-support app, TalkLife, and compared the number of posts during the initial wave of the Me Too movement (October 2017-March 2018) to the same time period in the previous year (October 2016-March 2017). We found a significant increas

SUBMITTER: Collaton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9679558 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature