TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Coping self-efficacy moderates the association between severity of partner violence and PTSD symptoms among incarcerated women
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Decou, Christopher R.
A1  - Lynch, Shannon M.
A1  - Cole, Trevor T.
A1  - Kaplan, Stephanie P.
SP  - 465
EP  - 468
VL  - 28
IS  - 5
N2  - Previous research indicates self-efficacy may function as a protective factor for survivors of partner violence (PV), including coping self-efficacy specific to domestic violence. We hypothesized that domestic violence coping self-efficacy would moderate the association between recent PV and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of incarcerated women, such that the association between PV and PTSD would be strongest at low levels of domestic violence coping self-efficacy. Participants (N = 102) were incarcerated women who reported PV in the year prior to incarceration. They were aged 19-55 years (M = 33.57, SD = 9.32), identified predominantly as European American (84.3%), American Indian (15.7%), and Hispanic (14.7%), with 80.4% completing high school or more in terms of education. Participants responded to self-report measures of PV, trauma history, domestic violence coping self-efficacy, and current PTSD symptoms. In a series of sequential regression analyses, PV (β =.65, sr(2) =.06, p =.017) was significantly associated with current PTSD symptoms above and beyond past trauma history (β =.37, sr(2) =.14, p <.001), and this association was moderated by domestic violence coping self-efficacy (Domestic Violence Coping Self-Efficacy × Partner Violence; β = -.54, sr(2) =.03, p =.044). The relationship between PV and PTSD symptoms was greatest at low and average levels of domestic violence coping self-efficacy and nonsignificant at high levels of domestic violence coping self-efficacy. These findings highlight the importance of assessing domestic violence coping self-efficacy in incarcerated women with recent PV, given that domestic violence coping self-efficacy appeared to be protective against symptoms of PTSD.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22034
ID  - ref1
ER  -