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Posttraumatic stress disorder
in battered women: Effects of cumulative trauma.
Griffing, S., Ragin, D.R., Morrison, S.M., Sage, R.E.,
Madry, L.M.,
Bingham, L.E., & Primm, B.J.
(August, 2000).
The present study examines the cumulative effects of exposure
to violence as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disordered
symptomatology in a sample of minority women residing
in an inner-city domestic violence shelter. Seventy-two
participants completed the Conflict Tactics Scale, the
Impact of Event Scale-Revised, and a structured interview
regarding lifetime exposure to violent trauma (prior victimization,
witnessing domestic violence, and exposure to community
violence). Multiple regressions indicated that both the
severity of domestic violence and the frequency of lifetime
violence exposure predicted the severity of total PTSD
symptoms and hyperarousal symptoms. Lifetime violence
exposure was also highly predictive of intrusion symptoms.
The relationship between traumatic experiences and avoidance
symptoms appeared more complex because of a curvilinear
relationship between these variables. Clinical and empirical
implications of the findings will be discussed. |
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