@article{ref1,
title="Exposure to Interpersonal Violence as a Predictor of PTSD Symptomatology in Domestic Violence Survivors",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2006",
author="Griffing, Sascha and Lewis, Carla S. and Chu, Mark and Sage, Robert E. and Madry, Lorraine and Primm, Beny J.",
volume="21",
number="7",
pages="936-954",
abstract="This study examines the interrelationships between childhood abuse, exposure to maternal domestic violence, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in a multiethnic sample of 111 adult female residents of a domestic violence (DV) shelter. Participants completed structured interviews about the DV and their prior violence exposure, as well as the Impact of Event Scale-Revised. As hypothesized, there was high co-occurrence between exposure to maternal DV and childhood physical and sexual abuse, and the frequency of lifetime violence exposure predicted PTSD symptomatology. A series of multiple regressions indicated a more complex pattern of relationships, in which specific forms of prior violence exposure predicted different PTSD symptom dimensions. A history of witnessing maternal DV predicted intrusion symptoms, and a history of childhood sexual abuse predicted hyperarousal symptoms. Ethnicity was not related to levels of violence exposure or to PTSD symptoms. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260506288938",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260506288938"
}