Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48881#.VDcrwlfHRK0 Author(s) Melissa Villarreal Affiliation(s) Interdisciplinary Health Services (BS-IHS) Program, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA . ABSTRACT This study describes Latina’s experience of sexual assault disclosure. This study contributes Latinas’ voices to the literature on sexual assault disclosure, about feelings experienced during the initial disclosure —regret, shame, and negative judgment of self, and about consequences experienced from the disclosure—feeling spoiled for marriage, silenced, and disbelieved. It points to the need for further research on social interventions to empower Latina sexual assault survivors. Although ...
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