Selime is interested in the experience of plurisexual female survivors of sexual assault, particularly the role of internalized stigma and minority stress in recovery. Her research aims to identify how minority stress may affect survivors when they receive negative reactions to the disclosure of rape. 

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Publications:

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• Salim, S. R., & Messman, T. L. (2024). Suicidal thoughts among young bisexual women: Sexual violence, minority stress, and interpersonal factors. Journal of Counseling Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000752

• Salim, S. R., Katz, B. W., Eshelman, L. R., Bhuptani, P. H., Hahn, C., & Messman, T. L. (2024). Latent profiles of social reactions to sexual assault disclosure among cisgender bisexual women. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001722

• Salim, S. R., Ortiz, S. N., Smith, A. R., & Messman, T. (2024). Antibisexual stigma and sexual objectification prospectively associated with disordered eating among cisgender bisexual women. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000703

• Salim, S. R., Bhuptani, P. H., Eshelman, L. R., LaPlena, N. M., & Messman, T. L. (2023). Trauma-related shame mediates the associations between self-blame, bisexual minority stress, and rape-related PTSD symptoms. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(17-18), 10259-10281. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605231172487

• Salim, S. R., McConnell, A. A., & Messman, T. L. (2023). Sexual victimization outcomes and adjustment among bisexual women: A review of the quantitative literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(3), 1503-1521. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380211073837

• Salim, S. R., McConnell, A. A. & Messman, T. L. (2023). Bisexual women’s recovery after sexual assault: Stigma, negative social reactions, and hazardous drinking. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 19(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000490

• Salim, S. R., Eshelman, L.R., McConnell, A. A., LaPlena, N. & Messman, T. L. (2023). Threat of harm beliefs mediate the link between binegativity and sexual assault-related PTSD among cisgender bisexual women. Psychology of Violence, 13(3), 248-257. https:///doi.org/10.1037/vio0000465

• Salim, S. R., Eshelman, L. R., & Messman, T L. (2022). Binegativity exacerbates the effects of sexual victimization disclosure on posttraumatic stress and drinking among bisexual women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(21-22), NP19939-NP19960. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211047961

• Salim, S. R., Eshelman, L. R., Bhuptani, P. H., & Messman, T. L. (2022). Latent profiles of social reactions to sexual assault disclosure among undergraduate women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 46(1), 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843211038924

• ​Salim, S., McConnell, A. A., & Messman-Moore, T. L. (2020). Bisexual women’s experiences of stigma and verbal sexual coercion: The role of internalized heterosexism and outness. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 44(3), 362-376. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684320917391