Anna Jaffe, PhD

Faculty Appointment(s)

Associate Professor

ajaffe2@uw.edu

Dr. Jaffe’s research is focused on responding to the public health problem of sexual assault and co-occurring alcohol misuse by improving understanding of survivors’ experiences and promoting recovery through novel interventions.

Taking an ecological perspective, Dr. Jaffe considers individual factors (e.g., cognitions, stress response), microsystems (e.g., interpersonal interactions, social networks), macrosystems (e.g., societal norms), and chronosystems (e.g., changes over time) that affect survivors’ recovery after sexual assault. Across these systems, she seeks to design and improve clinical interventions that support survivors’ recovery, mitigate post-assault alcohol misuse, and reduce distress.

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Recent Publications

Sexual Assault Labeling Over Time Among Gender and Sexual Identity Groups: How and Why Survivors' Perceptions Changed.
(2025 Apr)
Sex Roles 91(4):
Edwards ME, Howard Valdivia RL, Blayney JA, Jaffe AE
Sexual Self-Objectification and Sex-Related Drinking Motives Among College Women: Do Emotion Regulation and Distress Tolerance Matter?
(2025 May)
Arch Sex Behav 54(5): 1907-1917
Ndungu RW, Hammett JF, Peddle AK, Jaffe AE, Duckworth JC, Stappenbeck CA
A longitudinal investigation of PTSD symptoms, hazardous drinking, and relationship satisfaction in college student dating relationships.
(2024 Oct)
J Soc Pers Relat 41(10): 2983-3007
Mackey CD, Schultz ME, Nguyen KH, Mettert KD, Bernabe AM, Garcia M, Jaffe AE, Larimer ME
A Prospective Examination of Sexual Assault Labeling and Posttraumatic Stress: Does Trust in the Perpetrator Make a Difference?
(2025 May-Jun)
J Trauma Dissociation 26(3): 392-414
Howard Valdivia RL, Edwards ME, Jones HR, Kumar SA, Jaffe AE
Daily alcohol and cannabis use among sexual minoritized and heterosexual women.
(2025 May)
Psychol Addict Behav 39(3): 290-300
Hequembourg AL, Blayney JA, Jaffe AE, Wang W
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