Trauma-Specific Reactions to Sexual Assault Content in College Students: Considerations for Content Warnings

Much of the debate on content warnings has occurred with little empirical data to inform it. In the past 5 years, this has started to change, and in this most recent study, 185 students completed trauma surveys and a PTSD Checklist and then read a passage that detailed a nonfiction account of a sexual assault of a female undergraduate. Participants were sent a follow-up assessment 2 weeks later. Similar to previous studies, the majority of participants (94