Somatic Symptoms in Young Adult Women Who Experienced Sexual Violence Throughout Life Development: A Systematic Review

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10.2991/assehr.k.210805.084How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Women victims of sexual violence, trauma, somatic symptoms

Abstract

Sexual violence is a public health problem that occurs worldwide with women being the majority of victims. Gray et al. (2004) explained that sexual violence and unwanted sexual experiences are included as one of traumatic life events (TLE). TLE has various impacts on the mental health of individuals. One of the effects that can arise is somatic symptoms. Research over the course of years has shown that somatic symptoms often appear in women victims of sexual violence, both childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and also adolescent/adulthood sexual assault (ASA). However, there are still few systematic review researches that discuss the appearance of somatic symptoms and psychological conditions that exist in women victims of sexual violence. This study aims to analyze various research results that show the psychological impact and somatic symptoms on women victims of sexual violence and also the relationship or mediator of the two variables. This systematic review uses 3 research databases; ScienceDirect, PubMed, and Taylor and Francis Online with researches time span from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2020. The total research used after screening was 8 studies from 4 different countries. The results of this systematic review showed that women victims of sexual violence who experienced somatic symptoms reported having previous psychological conditions such as depression, PTSD, dissociation, and anxiety. These psychological conditions can be a mediator, cause, or predictor of somatic symptoms. Conversely, somatic symptoms that appeared can also be an indicator of psychological disorders on victims.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Angelia Nathali Pichel
AU  - Denrich Suryadi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/08
TI  - Somatic Symptoms in Young Adult Women Who Experienced Sexual Violence Throughout Life Development: A Systematic Review
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Business, Social, and Humanities (ICEBSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 533
EP  - 539
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210805.084
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210805.084
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