Publications by authors named "Alice Giugni"
Objective: This study evaluated the psychopathological consequences of a single rape occurring in adult women.
Method: The psychiatric symptoms reported by 40 women who were victims of rape during the previous 9 months as decided by a court of law were compared with the symptoms of 32 women who underwent severe, nonsexual, life-threatening events (car accidents, physical attacks, or robberies). None of the raped women had experienced previous sexual abuse during childhood or adolescence.