Date of Award
Spring 2016
Project Type
Dissertation
Program or Major
Psychology
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
First Advisor
Victoria L Banyard
Second Advisor
Katie M Edwards
Third Advisor
Sharon B Murphy
Abstract
Prior research has documented the role that revealing and concealing interpersonal violence has on health outcomes for victims (e.g., Ullman, 2010). The present paper aims to add to the existing research by presenting a new model, The Revealing and Concealing Process Model for Interpersonal Trauma, to describe the process that occurs when victims reveal or conceal interpersonal violence. The second stage of the model (i.e., reasons for revealing/concealing interpersonal violence) was tested by: 1. Creating a measure to assess the reasons for revealing and concealing interpersonal violence and 2. Identifying whether getting goals met for revealing/concealing is related to health outcomes for victims. The results suggest the need for a unique measure to assess the reasons for revealing and concealing interpersonal violence and that getting goals met (especially for revealing) can be related to health outcomes for victims.
Recommended Citation
Bennett, Sidney, "Reasons for Revealing and Concealing Interpersonal Trauma" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations. 2248.
https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/2248