title: Intimate partner stalking victimization and posttraumatic stress symptoms in post-abuse women.
abstract: This study aimed to further understanding of intimate partner stalking victimization in post-abuse women, with particular attention to the definition of stalking (with or without fear and threat) most predictive of posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms. In community midlife women with histories of divorce (N = 192), a history of stalking victimization accompanied by fear and threat was positively correlated with PTS symptom severity, after accounting for other partner abuse. The presence, compared with absence, of fear-and-threat stalking history doubled the odds of symptomatic levels of hyperarousal. Greater physical assault and injury chronicity differentiated fear-and-threat stalked women from other stalked women. Stalking contributed to a fuller understanding of PTS symptoms in women, showing particular relevance for hyperarousal.
authors: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
authors: Kimberly N
authors: KN
authors: Fleming
authors: Tamara L
authors: TL
authors: Newton
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Fernandez-Botran
authors: James J
authors: JJ
authors: Miller
authors: Vicki
authors: V
authors: Ellison Burns
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D004243:Divorce; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D055807:Stalking / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology