Article
The Relationship of Two Types of Trauma Exposure to Current Physical and Psychological Symptom Distress in a Community Sample of Colombian Women: Why Interpersonal Violence Deserves More Attention
Health Care for Women International
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
6 p.
Publication Date
9-10-2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Disciplines
Abstract
Our purpose in this study was to examine the relationship between interpersonal violence and background traumas and symptom distress in a community sample of Colombian women (N = 217). We utilized the Life Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R) to measure lifetime interpersonal violence (IPV) and background trauma exposure and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) to measure current symptom distress. Although both exposures were common in this sample, IPV was strongly correlated with current symptom distress; background traumas made no unique contribution to the variance in current symptom distress. Based on our findings, it is suggested that interpersonal events may be particularly distressing.
Citation Information
Ruth Belknap, Ashley Marie Schumacher, Bernal de Pheils, Janice Carrol Humphreys, et al.. "The Relationship of Two Types of Trauma Exposure to Current Physical and Psychological Symptom Distress in a Community Sample of Colombian Women: Why Interpersonal Violence Deserves More Attention" Health Care for Women International (2010) ISSN: 0739-9332 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ruth_belknap/7/
Accepted version. Health Care for Women International, Vol. 31, No. 10, (2010:. 946-961. DOI. © 2010 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). Used with permission.