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.
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.
Schumacher
Ashley Marie
AM
Department of Community Health Systems, University of California-San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143-0606, USA. ashleyschumachernp@gmail.com
Jaramillo
Diva
D
Uribe
Tulia
T
De Pheils
Pilar Bernal
PB
Holzemer
William
W
Taylor
Diana
D
Tiwari
Agnes
A
Canaval
Gladys Eugenia
GE
Flores
Maria Eugenia Mendoza
ME
Belknap
Ruth Ann
RA
Humphreys
Janice Carrol
JC
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