TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Appearance-related residual injury, posttraumatic stress, and body image: Associations within a sample of female victims of intimate partner violence
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Weaver, Terri L.
A1  - Resnick, Heidi S.
A1  - Kokoska, Mimi S.
A1  - Etzel, Julie C.
SP  - 999
EP  - 1008
VL  - 20
IS  - 6
N2  - One third of women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) receive some form of injury. After acute injuries have healed, a victim's physical appearance may be altered with residual changes including marks or scars. This study included 56 female victims of IPV (31 with appearance-related residual injury and a comparison group of 25 with no appearance-related residual injury) and examined the associations between violence-related experiences, body image distress, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Appearance-related residual injury status moderated the relationship between body image distress and symptoms of PTSD. In addition, within the appearance-related residual injury group, body image distress emerged a unique predictor of PTSD explaining incremental variance beyond that explained by severity of psychological maltreatment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20274
ID  - ref1
ER  -