TY - JOUR AU1 - Demers, Jennifer M. AU2 - Roberts, Alexa P. AU3 - Bennett, Sidney AU4 - Banyard, Victoria L. AB - Sexual assault and partner abuse are major problems on college campuses. While the majority of victims will tell a friend or other informal support about their experience, formal disclosures to authorities are still infrequent. Past research has examined barriers to choosing to disclose; however, little research has explored victims’ motivational goals behind their decision to disclose to various people. In the present study, 13 semistructured interviews were conducted with survivors of partner abuse and/or sexual violence at northeastern universities in the United States and the resulting data were content coded for motivations associated with disclosing. Four major themes emerged: (1) improving emotional or psychological well-being; (2) fulfilling perceived social obligations or responsibilities; (3) seeking information or assessment; and (4) seeking action in the form of advocacy, accommodations, or criminal prosecution. Results from this study suggest that there is not a “one-size-fits-all” model for responding to informal and formal reports of victimization on campuses. Implications of these results for designing survivor-centered college community responses will be discussed. TI - Victim Motivations for Disclosing Unwanted Sexual Experiences and Partner Abuse JF - Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work DO - 10.1177/0886109917704936 DA - 2017-08-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/victim-motivations-for-disclosing-unwanted-sexual-experiences-and-Ru2RSYbNvx SP - 327 EP - 343 VL - 32 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -