The Role of Cognitive Coping in Female Victims of Stalking

Autor/inn/en	Kraaij, Vivian; Arensman, Ella; Garnefski, Nadia; Kremers, Ismay
Titel	The Role of Cognitive Coping in Female Victims of Stalking
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22 (2007) 12, S.1603-1612 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260507306499
Schlagwörter	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Coping; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Cognitive Processes; Antisocial Behavior; Females; Stress Management; Stress Variables; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Foreign Countries; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewältigung; Angst; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Weibliches Geschlecht; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	The aim of the study is to examine the role of cognitive coping in a sample of 47 female victims of stalking. Stalking victims who blamed themselves more for the stalking report significantly higher symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Respondents who ruminated more about the stalking experience, or respondents who explicitly emphasized the terror of the stalking to a higher extent, also report significantly higher symptom levels. Finally, respondents who thought more about what steps to take and how to handle the stalking report significantly higher symptom levels of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. This conclusion holds also after controlling for the severity of stalking. If the findings of the present study can be confirmed, this could possibly contribute to the help provided to victims of stalking. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10