Assault-Related Factors and Trauma-related Cognitions Associated with Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in High-distress and Low-distress Korean Female Victims of Sexual Assault
| Autor: | Yu Jin Kim, Kyoung Min Shin, Young Ki Chung, Hyoung Yoon Chang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adolescent Poison control Severity of Illness Index Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Republic of Korea Injury prevention Humans Medicine Psychiatry & Psychology 030212 general & internal medicine Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Assault Characteristic Crime Victims Retrospective Studies Sexual Assault business.industry Sex Offenses Traumatic stress Human factors and ergonomics social sciences General Medicine Distress Cognitions Progress Female Original Article business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Korean Medical Science |
| ISSN: | 1598-6357 1011-8934 |
| Popis: | Background Information about the factors involved in the progress of both high distressed and low distressed victims in the early days after a sexual assault are needed to provide effective intervention for victims of sexual assault. In this study, we examined the relationship among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, assault-related factors and trauma-related cognitions in Korean female victims of sexual assault. Methods For this study, we retrospectively investigated the records of 94 female victims from the Sunflower Center for Women and Children Victims of Violence at the Ajou University Hospital in Korea. Demographic characteristics and the features of the sexual assault, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and trauma-related cognition were obtained from data recorded at the initial assessment. One month after the initial assessment, victims were contacted by telephone and their PTSD symptom severity was re-evaluated. The sample of 94 participants were divided into two groups depending on the PTSD symptom scale scores at initial assessment: High-distress group and Low-distress group. Results Repeated-measured analyses of variance revealed that the high-distress group showed a decrease in PTSD symptom severity over the month, while the low-distress group did not show significant change of PTSD symptom severity. In correlation analysis, negative thoughts and beliefs about the assault were strongly correlated with PTSD symptom severity one month later in both the low-distress and high-distress groups. Conclusion Our results suggest that trauma-related cognitions seem to play an important role in the maintenance of PTSD both of high-distress and low-distress groups, and that effective intervention will need to address these cognitive factors. Graphical Abstract |
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