Abstract

Experiencing college sexual assault is detrimental for students’ mental health. Counseling options exist in every type of college/university, but many survivors do not use these resources and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) survivors may have additional unmet mental healthcare needs. Using 40 qualitative interviews, we examined LGBTQ and (cis)straight survivors’ actual and anticipated interactions with counseling in a counseling center and women’s center. More survivors used the counseling center than the women’s center. Students anticipated and experienced positive treatment from both centers, but believed the women’s center would have more experience working with survivors. Ciswomen (straight and queer) and survivors with marginalized gender identities (e.g., trans, genderqueer) were most likely to anticipate and experience negative treatment. However, the women’s center may be less accessible for cismen and gender minorities, as there were concerns that this resource may only be for cisgender women.

摘要

经历大学性侵犯对学生的心理健康有害。各种类型的大学/大学都提供咨询选项，但许多幸存者不使用这些资源，女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和酷儿 (LGBTQ) 幸存者可能还有其他未满足的心理保健需求。通过 40 次定性访谈，我们检查了 LGBTQ 和（顺式）异性恋幸存者在咨询中心和妇女中心与咨询服务的实际和预期互动。使用咨询中心的幸存者多于妇女中心。学生们期待并经历了两个中心的积极治疗，但相信妇女中心将有更多与幸存者合作的经验。Ciswomen（异性恋和酷儿）和具有边缘化性别认同的幸存者（例如，跨性别、性别酷儿）最有可能预期并经历消极对待。然而，女性中心可能不太适合女性和性别少数群体，因为有人担心该资源可能仅适用于女性。