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This article describes the development and validation of the Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS), a questionnaire that assesses exposure to race-related stressors in the military and war zone. Validated on a sample of 300 Asian American Vietnam veterans, the RRSS has high internal consistency and adequate temporal stability. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that exposure to race-related stressors accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and general psychiatric symptoms, over and above (by 20% and 19%, respectively) that accounted for by combat exposure and military rank. The RRSS appears to be a psychometrically sound measure of exposure to race-related stressors for this population. Race-related stressors as measured by the RRSS appear to contribute uniquely and substantially to PTSD symptoms and generalized psychiatric distress.
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Asiático/psicologia , Distúrbios de Guerra/psicologia , Inventário de Personalidade/estatística & dados numéricos , Preconceito , Veteranos/psicologia , Distúrbios de Guerra/diagnóstico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Psicometria , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estresse Psicológico/complicações , Vietnã , GuerraRESUMO
81 participants in a village in Guatemala were administered a translated version of the 1986 Love Attitudes Scale of Hendrick and Hendrick. Analysis showed that the men scored significantly higher on the Ludus love style than the women. Research among other Latinos outside the United States is suggested.
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Atitude , Etnicidade/psicologia , Amor , População Rural , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Comparação Transcultural , Feminino , Identidade de Gênero , Guatemala , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Inventário de PersonalidadeAssuntos
Atitude , Emoções , Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida , Adolescente , Adulto , Humanos , Morbidade , Ajustamento SocialRESUMO
An exploratory model of variables affecting level of sexual assault trauma at given times and change in trauma levels over time is developed and tested using a sample of female rape victims admitted to a treatment center over a two-year period. Based on a one-way analysis of variance and multiple classification analysis, the findings indicate that a previous rape best explains trauma change, while victim's demographics, social supports, and other prior life stress variables are important at specific time periods during the rape trauma syndrome. Implications of these results are discussed in terms of treatment-related issues.
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Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida , Estupro , Transtornos de Estresse Pós-Traumáticos/psicologia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Modelos Psicológicos , Apoio Social , Estresse Psicológico/psicologiaRESUMO
Victimization studies indicate that the risk of sexual assault is significant for women in America today and that sizable numbers of women are sexually assaulted more than once during their lives. This study proposed and tested alternative hypotheses about repeated sexual victimization and trauma change during the acute phase of the sexual assault trauma syndrome. Panel interview data were collected during a two-year period on 184 female victims (14 years and older) admitted to a sexual assault treatment center for initial and follow-up services. Controlling for initial trauma level and time between assessments, prior assault victims were more traumatized than first assault victims at follow-up. Prior and first assault victims had different patterns in short-term trauma change, with only the first assault victims decreasing in trauma. Prior mental health or substance abuse problems partially explained the observed effect of prior sexual assault on trauma change. Prior sexual assault, however, continued to affect trauma significantly in the condition where the repeated assault victim also had prior mental health or substance abuse problems at the time of the current assault.