Sexual Harassment and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Damages Beyond Prior Abuse
This study examined the extent to which harassment experiences correlate with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and whether diagnosable PTSD on the basis of sexual harassment occurs after accounting for prior PTSD, prior sexual abuse, and prior psychological dysfunction. The sample cons...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Law and Human Behavior. - Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1977. - 33(2009), 5, Seite 405-418 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2009
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Law and Human Behavior |
| Schlagworte: | Sexual harassment Posttraumatic stress disorder Damages Intimate partner violence Behavioral sciences Health sciences Law Social sciences |
| Zusammenfassung: | This study examined the extent to which harassment experiences correlate with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and whether diagnosable PTSD on the basis of sexual harassment occurs after accounting for prior PTSD, prior sexual abuse, and prior psychological dysfunction. The sample consisted of a twowave panel of 445 women who had received a domestic violence protective order from a Kentucky court. Hierarchical linear and logistic analyses confirmed that sexual harassment experiences were significantly correlated with PTSD symptoms after controlling for an extensive set of trauma variables measured in both the baseline and follow up interviews. Our findings lend further evidence that claims of PTSD from sexual harassment may be credible even if claimants have been victims of other forms of trauma. |
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| ISSN: | 1573661X |