TY - JOUR
T1 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Upon Admission to Shelters Among Female Victims of Domestic Violence
T2 - An Ecological Model of Trauma
AU - Dekel, Rachel
AU - Shaked, Omer Zvi
AU - Ben-Porat, Anat
AU - Itzhaky, Haya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Springer Publishing Company.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - The study used the ecological model of trauma and recovery (Harvey, 1996) to examine the rates of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among female victims of domestic violence. Five hundred and five participants completed questionnaires upon entering shelters in Israel. Analysis showed that 61% of the participants reported probable PTSD. Childhood exposure to violence, violence severity, and feeling helpless were all associated with high PTSD levels. By contrast, Ethiopian ethnicity, social support, and a stronger sense of control were associated with lower PTSD levels. However, the interaction between social support and violence duration showed that social support did not moderate PTSD when exposure to violence endured. The study emphasizes that resources deteriorate, and that policy-augmenting prevention programs would increase treatment potential to strengthen survivors’ coping capacities.
AB - The study used the ecological model of trauma and recovery (Harvey, 1996) to examine the rates of probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among female victims of domestic violence. Five hundred and five participants completed questionnaires upon entering shelters in Israel. Analysis showed that 61% of the participants reported probable PTSD. Childhood exposure to violence, violence severity, and feeling helpless were all associated with high PTSD levels. By contrast, Ethiopian ethnicity, social support, and a stronger sense of control were associated with lower PTSD levels. However, the interaction between social support and violence duration showed that social support did not moderate PTSD when exposure to violence endured. The study emphasizes that resources deteriorate, and that policy-augmenting prevention programs would increase treatment potential to strengthen survivors’ coping capacities.
KW - PTSD
KW - ecological model
KW - sense of control
KW - shelters
KW - social support
KW - violence against women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065306116&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-16-00200
DO - 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-16-00200
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C2 - 31019015
SN - 0886-6708
VL - 34
SP - 329
EP - 345
JO - Violence and Victims
JF - Violence and Victims
IS - 2
ER -