title: Factors related to posttraumatic stress symptoms in women experiencing police-involved intimate partner violence.
abstract: Relationships among intimate partner violence (IPV), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, health, and danger, using M.A. Dutton's Empowerment framework, were examined among 423 ethnically diverse women in contact with police due to IPV. Significant predictors of PTSD symptoms in multivariate analysis included Danger Assessment score, poor overall health, abuse leading to pain, victim expectations of future injury victimization, feeling unsafe, and shame. Results provide further evidence supporting routine assessment for violent trauma and PTSD as well as the need for research testing holistic interventions for women traumatized by violence.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, USA. Janet-Wilson@ouhsc.edu
authors.forename: Janet Sullivan
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Joe F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Jill Theresa
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Messing
authors.forename: Sheryll
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patchell
authors.forename: Jacquelyn C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016495:Police; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*