Psychological Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in College Students

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dc.contributor.authorAvant, Elizabeth M. ; Swopes, Rachel M. ; Davis, Joanne L. ; Elhal, Jon D.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T19:15:21Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T19:15:21Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractResearch suggests that among college students, physical and sexual abuse in intimate relationships are associated with posttraumatic stress. Psychological abuse occurs in intimate relationships among college students, and though there is evidence that such abuse has a negative emotional impact, posttraumatic stress has not been extensively researched as an outcome in this population. The purpose of this study is to determine the associations of past-year psychological abuse with posttraumatic stress symptoms while controlling for other types of past-year relationship abuse and lifetime trauma history. The sample consists of 191 college men and women (81.7% women and 89.5% White). Linear regression analyses demonstrate that trauma history, but not past year relationship violence, is a significant predictor of PTSD symptom severity for women, and neither set of variables significantly predicts PTSD symptom severity for men. Implications for future research are discussed. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationAvant, Elizabeth M. ; Swopes, Rachel M. ; Davis, Joanne L. ; Elhal, Jon D. (2010). Psychological Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in College Students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(15), 3080-3097.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0886260510390954
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3818
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Interpersonal Violenceen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectyoung adulten_US
dc.subjectuniversityen_US
dc.subjectcumulative traumaen_US
dc.subjectpsychological effectsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titlePsychological Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in College Studentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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