Across the United States, 20% of women ages 18 and over are victims of penetrative sexual assault, with the highest rates occurring in early adulthood (i.e., ages 18-24). Despite the high prevalence and severe mental and physical health problems resulting from sexual assault, with few exceptions, little is known about how victims of sexual assault attribute subsequent academic and career outcomes. Approximately 901 adult participants were recruited from a probability-based nationally representative sample to examine the prevalence of and outcomes attributed to sexual assault victimization experienced during early adulthood. Of the 36% of female participants who reported sexual assault perpetrated against them between the ages of 18 and 24, 69.5% attributed at least one negative academic or career outcome to the sexual assault. Participants who identified as White and who were over the age of 30 at the time of the survey were more likely to attribute negative academic and career outcomes as a result of a sexual assault perpetrated against them during early adulthood than women of color and younger women (i.e., ages 25-29). Our findings expand the knowledge on negative outcomes attributed to sexual assault and yields more questions about the larger societal impacts. More research is needed to understand the intersection between an assault during young adulthood and the demographic characteristics of survivors.

在美国，18 岁及以上的女性中有 20% 是插入式性侵犯的受害者，其中成年早期（即 18-24 岁）的比率最高。尽管性侵犯导致高患病率和严重的心理和身体健康问题，但除少数例外外，人们对性侵犯的受害者如何归因于随后的学业和职业成果知之甚少。从基于概率的全国代表性样本中招募了大约 901 名成年参与者，以检查成年早期经历的性侵犯受害的患病率和结果。在 36% 的 18 至 24 岁之间对她们进行过性侵犯的女性参与者中，69.5% 的人将至少一项负面的学业或职业结果归因于性侵犯。与有色人种女性和年轻女性相比，被认定为白人且在调查时年龄超过 30 岁的参与者更有可能将负面的学业和职业成果归因于成年早期对他们的性侵犯。即 25-29 岁）。我们的研究结果扩展了关于性侵犯造成的负面结果的知识，并产生了更多关于更大社会影响的问题。需要更多的研究来了解青年时期的袭击与幸存者的人口特征之间的交叉点。25-29 岁）。我们的研究结果扩展了关于性侵犯造成的负面结果的知识，并产生了更多关于更大社会影响的问题。需要更多的研究来了解青年时期的袭击与幸存者的人口特征之间的交叉点。25-29 岁）。我们的研究结果扩展了关于性侵犯造成的负面结果的知识，并产生了更多关于更大社会影响的问题。需要更多的研究来了解青年时期的袭击与幸存者的人口特征之间的交叉点。