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Title	Unwanted Sexual Experience: An Investigation of Emotion and Physiology
Author	Alberty, Julie
Abstract	The statistics on the prevalence of sexual abuse are varied and alarmingly large. Rojas and Kinder (2007) showed that a little less than 30% of males stated that they had been sexually abused while a little over 30% of females reported being sexually abused. The purpose of this study is to obtain additional information regarding cognitive-affective processing in individuals who have had an unwanted sexual experience. The current study is a pilot study that questions whether a difference in physiological response, as measured by skin conductance and heart rate, will occur in people who have had an unwanted sexual experience while viewing positive and/or negative interpersonal pictures. A total of 140 participants ranging in ages from 18-66 years were recruited from Cal State San Bernardino’s subject pool. The mean age was 25.23, of these participants, 125 were female and 15 were male. Multiple repeated measures ANOVA’s mixed design were conducted in order to assess whether having had an unwanted sexual experience and/or whether gender could affect one’s physiological responses when viewing emotionally laden pictures depicting interpersonal touch. This study showed that an innate physiological trauma did not exist in individuals who had experienced sexual abuse in the past. In fact, they experienced similar physiological responses, as those who did not report suffering from any type of unwanted sexual touch, as measured through skin conductance and heart rate. Gender did not have a significant effect but this could be due to the small sample size of males. The study was able to replicate other findings, which showed that valence has a significant effect on skin conductance. A new finding was that a significant interaction exists between pictures depicting interpersonal touch and valence of the picture across skin conductance.
Discipline	General Psychology
Department	Psychology
School	School of Science and Technology
Advisor	Haerich, Paul E.
Degree Name	Master of Arts
Degree Level	M.A.
Year Degree Awarded	2011
Date (Title Page)	2011-03
Language	English
Subject - LCSH	Sex Offenses
Subject - Local	Sexual Abuse; Cognitive-affective processing; Unwanted Sexual Experience; Skin conductance;
Type	Thesis
Page count	65 p.
Digital format	Application/PDF
Digital Publisher	Loma Linda University Libraries
Copyright	Author
Usage Rights	This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.
Citation Information	To cite the digital version, include its Reference URL, found by following the link in the gray header above the digital file.
Collection	Loma Linda University Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Collection Website	http://archives.llu.edu/colls/lludis
Repository	Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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Full Text	LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY School of Science and Technology in conjunction with the Faculty of Graduate Studies ____________________ Unwanted Sexual Experience: An Investigation of Emotion and Physiology by Julie Alberty ____________________ A Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in General Psychology ____________________ March 2011

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