The impact of rape: Social support as a moderator of stress
| Autor: | Debra A. Popiel, Edwin C. Susskind |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Health (social science) Adolescent Poison control Violence Social Environment Suicide prevention Social support Adaptation Psychological Injury prevention Humans Interpersonal Relations Applied Psychology Psychological Tests Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Human factors and ergonomics social sciences Middle Aged Moderation Health psychology Distress Attitude Rape Female Psychology Social psychology Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Community Psychology. 13:645-676 |
| ISSN: | 0091-0562 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00929794 |
| Popis: | This study investigated 25 victims' reactions to sexual assault and the role of social support in their subsequent adjustment. Victims were interviewed 3 months after the assault to gather information about the assault, the type of support they received, and the effects of the assault as measured by two scales of psychological stress: Impact of Events scale and SCL-90-R. Our major findings were that (a) victim's scale scores were significantly elevated, reflecting the considerable distress they were still experiencing; (b) there were significant differences in the availability of support from specific categories of people (e.g., police received significantly high ratings, whereas physicians' ratings were significantly low); (c) the amount of perceived support varied with the stressfulness of the assault; (d) however, contrary to initial hypotheses, the amount of overall support did not predict subsequent adjustment; (e) support from physicians did correlate significantly with both scales of psychological adjustment. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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