Sexual Assault in the Military and Its Impact on Sexual Satisfaction in Women Veterans: A Proposed Model
Autor: | Margaret R. Seaver, Jane M. Liebschutz, Jennifer S. McCall-Hosenfeld, Avron Spiro |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Self-concept Poison control Personal Satisfaction Models Psychological Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Life Change Events Quality of life (healthcare) Injury prevention medicine Humans Sexual Dysfunctions Psychological Psychiatry Veterans Affairs Crime Victims Veterans business.industry Human factors and ergonomics General Medicine Middle Aged Original Papers Self Concept United States Military Personnel Rape Quality of Life Female business Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Women's Health. 18:901-909 |
ISSN: | 1931-843X 1540-9996 |
DOI: | 10.1089/jwh.2008.0987 |
Popis: | Sexual assault in the military (SAIM) is associated with decreased sexual satisfaction. However, mediators of this association have not been fully described.Using a retrospective analysis of cross-sectional data collected for the national Veterans Affairs (VA) Women's Health Survey, we propose a mediator model to explain the association between SAIM and decreased sexual satisfaction among women veterans. Four mediators of the association between SAIM and decreased sexual satisfaction are tested: (1) emotional health-related quality of life, (2) physical health-related quality of life, (3) lack of a close partner, and (4) gynecological illness. These mediators were chosen to encompass independent domains potentially relevant to sexual satisfaction, including emotional, physical, and relational.Of 3161 women (87%) who answered the sexual satisfaction question, the mean age was 45 (SD 15) years; 85% were white. Twenty-four percent reported a history of SAIM, and 39% reported sexual dissatisfaction. In age-adjusted logistic regression analyses, both SAIM and sexual dissatisfaction were strongly associated with each of the proposed mediators. However, of the four mediators, emotional health-related quality of life most strongly attenuated the association between SAIM and sexual dissatisfaction. After including all mediators, the association between SAIM and decreased sexual satisfaction was markedly attenuated.SAIM's negative impact on sexual satisfaction in women veterans operates both directly and through its physical and mental health sequelae. Of the proposed mediators in this association, the most prominent is mental health-related quality of life; the other proposed mediators were minimally related. |
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