Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Jessica L Krohn <>]

Thank you all for sharing!

Jessica Krohn, LMSW

Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator

Dean of Students Office

Binghamton University

Phone: (607) 777-3062

Website: http://www.binghamton.edu/ivp/

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On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Rob Buelow <> wrote:

Hi Juliette (and others),

I know of exactly one article that does show the impact of sexual assault and rape on academic performance.  The citation is: Jordan, C.E., Combs, J.L., & Smith, J.T. (2014). An Exploration of Sexual Victimization andAcademic Performance Among College Women. Trauma Violence Abuse, 15(3), 191-200. I summarized some of the findings in the attached slide, basically showing that experiences of sexual assault and rape among women in their first semester led to 51-142% greater likelihood (respectively) of GPAs under 2.5 compared to non-victims.

There was one WashPo article that came out last year that anecdotally talks about the impact of sexual assault on survivors' grades. I like this piece because of the powerful survivor story, and the practical implications and suggestions for campuses.

We are exploring this more deeply at EverFi through our Campus Climate Survey. I should have more to report once we get through our initial pilot analysis, but one "quick and dirty" finding is that 39.2% of survivors report that their experience has negatively impacted their schoolwork. This rate appears substantially higher for students who identify as LGB and Native American Indian/Native Alaskan students. We are exploring the following specific academic outcomes, as well as looking at connections to self-reported GPA:

a.     Performed poorly on an assignment
b.     Got behind in schoolwork
c.     Missed a class
d.     Dropped a class
e.     Took an incomplete course grade
f.      Considered dropping out
g.     Thought about transferring to a new school

Also of interest... We recently released an Insight Report based on data from our online prevention program (Haven) which reached over 550,000 students this year. This report outlines prevalence of sexual assault experiences across a variety of populations. What's interesting, to me, is the substantially higher rates of victimization among transfer students before they arrived at their current institution. Hedging my language here (correlation does not equal causation!), but this could indicate that these students may be leaving their prior institutions, at least in part, because of sexual assault experiences.

Hope this is helpful!

Rob

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Juliette Grimmett <> wrote:

Hey folks -

Sorry for the cross-postings.  I'm wondering if anyone knows of any data/studies out there that show the academic impact of sexual violence on survivors.  We are specifically looking at factors such as missed classes, dropping down to part-time, transferring, dropping out, etc.

Thanks so much!

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Juliette Grimmett, MPH
Chrysalis Network, Founder
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