December 8, 2025Open Access

Probably sexual assault: Exploring the impact of response format and wording choice on sexual victimization acknowledgment.

DPDanielle M. PiggottUniversity of North Dakota HDHannah N. DoctorUniversity of North Dakota

Key Points

Improved acknowledgment of sexual assault enhances quality in victim support/frameworks.
Key evidence shows that employing scaled response and labeling assists in understanding sexual assault experiences.
Assessment with refined wording approaches encourages more accurate reporting of sexual victimization incidents.
Highlights the significance of measurement methodologies as crucial for evolving sexual assault research standards.

Abstract

Our findings suggest that using a scaled response and additional labels like sexual assault may better characterize individuals' experiences improving the measurement and assessment of sexual assault. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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Piggott et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69401f142d562116f28fa3bd https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0002083

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