NIH R01 · 2025
Sexual Assault Recovery Among Sexual Minority Women: A Longitudinal, Multi-Level Study
Project Summary/Abstract Sexual minority women (SMW) experience disproportionately high risk of sexual assault (SA) and resulting mental health sequelae (e.g., depression, PTSD), and these sequelae appear to be especially pronounced among Black SMW. The main theoretical model of sexual minority mental health disparities (i.e., the minority stress model) attributes this elevated risk to climate-level factors (e.g., laws, policies, and other conditions that afford risk or protection to minoritized groups) that vary across municipalities and states. Indeed, evidence suggests that climate-level factors are associated with risk for PTSD and other disorders in sexual minorities. However, nearly…
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