title: 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.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Systems, University of California-San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143-0606, USA. ashleyschumachernp@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ashley Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: Diva
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaramillo
authors.forename: Tulia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uribe
authors.forename: Pilar Bernal
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: De Pheils
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Holzemer
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Gladys Eugenia
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Canaval
authors.forename: Maria Eugenia Mendoza
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: Ruth Ann
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Belknap
authors.forename: Janice Carrol
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Humphreys
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D003105:Colombia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult