Do Yeon Kim, Dr. Mark Hatzenbuehler's Thesis Advisee, Receives Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize and Gordon Allport Prize

Congratulations to Do Yeon Kim who received the department’s Gordon W. Allport Prize. The prize is awarded for honors theses offering research of exceptionally high quality in those scholarly areas to which the late Gordon W. Allport was himself dedicated - personality psychology, the study of prejudice, social psychology, rumor, and social ethics.

Do Yeon Kim also received the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize which is given for excellent undergraduate work and excellence in the art of teaching. The prize is awarded to Do Yeon for her project entitled "A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Stigma Related to Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Scale Development and Psychosocial Correlates." See abstract below:

Abstract

"Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), the creation, sharing of, and/or threats to share sexually explicit content without the subject’s consent, is a prevalent form of digitally perpetrated sexual violence (SV). While there is speculation that IBSA is stigmatized, IBSA-related stigma has never been quantified; thus, its consequences remain unknown. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed-methods study comprising qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey, aiming to quantify IBSA-related stigma and investigate the relationship between IBSA stigma and both psychopathology and psychosocial outcomes. To accomplish this aim, we developed a measure of IBSA stigma—the IBSA Stigma Scale—by conducting qualitative interviews with individuals who have experienced IBSA. Then, we investigated whether IBSA stigma is associated with psychopathology (i.e., anxiety, depression, PTSD) and psychosocial outcomes (i.e., hypervigilance, event centrality, disclosure, help-seeking) by administering the scale to participants who have experienced IBSA. Key findings included that participants endorsed experiences of IBSA stigma, and greater stigma endorsement was associated with increased symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, hypervigilance, and event centrality. These results provide the first quantitative evidence of IBSA stigma and preliminary evidence of psychopathology and psychosocial outcomes related to experiencing this stigma. These findings suggest that stigma may be an important correlate of recovery following IBSA victimization."

Congratulations on this great achievement, Do Yeon!