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Our major objective in this chapter is to describe stress management procedures we have developed to be used with rape victims. We will discuss issues involved in the definition of rape, in the estimation of its incidence, and in the investigation of rape-related problems. We will briefly describe the Sexual Assault Research Project and review our findings and those of others regarding the aftermath of rape. Having substantiated our contention that rape is a stressful event that produces substantial, long-lasting problems for many of its victims, we will review other treatment procedures for rape-induced problems, describe our stress inoculation procedure, present assessment data on victims requesting treatment, discuss preliminary results regarding treatment efficacy, and provide information about the use of stress inoculation training with a victim. The chapter will conclude with some observations and speculations about general treatment issues.
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Veronen, L.J., Kilpatrick, D.G. (1989). Stress Management for Rape Victims. In: Meichenbaum, D., Jaremko, M.E. (eds) Stress Reduction and Prevention. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0408-9_11
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