TITLE:
Exploring the Academic Experience of College Student Survivors of Sexual Violence
AUTHORS:
Lorisa Lorenzo, Sharon K. Anderson
KEYWORDS:
Sexual Violence, College Student, Academic Experience
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.7 No.5,
May
18,
2020
ABSTRACT:
This article reports findings from an exploratory study of six undergraduate college students who described their academic experience after undergoing an incident of sexual violence while in college. Eight essential constituents comprise the academic experiences the six participants described: negative emotional and mental health consequences, shame and self-blame, isolation from classmates and professors, impaired ability to focus on academic tasks, losing motivation and questioning academic goals, finding ways to cope, healing and reconnection, and academic identity as more than GPA.