Abstract:
Sexual violence (SV) against women is common in higher education settings, causing serious harm to the health, well-being, and academic outcomes of victim/survivors. There have been numerous systematic reviews of the quantitative evidence on this topic, highlighting the prevalence, health impacts, and barriers and facilitators to help-seeking after SV. To date, however, qualitative research exploring the lived experience of women higher education students has not been synthesized. This scoping review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies aims to map the global evidence on women higher education students\' experiences of SV and explore how they understand and make sense of their experiences. We searched five databases (CinAHL, Academic Search Complete, Medline, PsychInfo, and SocIndex) in January 2023 for relevant articles. Eligible articles needed to be published in English and describe qualitative or mixed-methods primary research on the lived experiences of women higher education students who were victim/survivors of SV. In all, 34 articles describing 32 studies met these inclusion criteria. Thematic analysis of data extracted from the included studies suggests that, for women higher education students, the experience of SV is characterized by profound shame, with often-irreversible impacts on hopes and plans for the future. Yet, at the same time, SV is normalized and expected as a part of the \"student experience.\" Furthermore, an imagined \"specter\" of \"real violence\" is held up as a constant comparison that serves to minimize and trivialize their experiences. These findings have important implications for higher education providers seeking to improve programs to address SV.
摘要:
针对妇女的性暴力(SV)在高等教育环境中很常见,对健康造成严重危害,幸福,以及受害者/幸存者的学术成果。关于这个主题的定量证据已经有了许多系统的评论,强调患病率,健康影响,以及SV后寻求帮助的障碍和促进者。迄今为止,然而,探索女子高等教育学生生活经验的定性研究尚未得到综合。定性研究的范围审查和主题综合旨在绘制有关女高等教育学生对SV的经历的全球证据,并探索他们如何理解和理解自己的经历。我们搜索了五个数据库(CinAHL,学术搜索完成,Medline,PsychInfo,和SocIndex)在2023年1月获得相关文章。合格的文章需要用英语发表,并描述关于SV受害者/幸存者的女高等教育学生的生活经历的定性或混合方法的初步研究。总之,34篇文章描述了32项研究符合这些纳入标准。从纳入的研究中提取的数据的主题分析表明,对于女性高等教育学生来说,SV的经历以深刻的耻辱为特征,对未来的希望和计划往往是不可逆转的影响。然而,同时,SV是标准化的,并期望作为“学生体验”的一部分。\"此外,“真实暴力”的想象中的“幽灵”被认为是一种不断的比较,用来最小化和琐碎他们的经历。这些发现对于寻求改善方案以解决SV的高等教育提供者具有重要意义。