Skills Training in Affective Recovery Video and Text Programs for Recent Sexual Assault Survivors
JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.36353September 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT
In this preliminary randomized clinical study for recent SA survivors, the video program was associated with immediate reductions in acute stress and pain; the text program was associated with reductions in week 4 pain. These results suggest that the study’s video and text programs were easy-to-administer interventions that can be used in the short-term clinical setting where survivors receive care in the immediate aftermath of SA.
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