NCJ Number
232527
Journal
Victims & Offenders Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Dated: July 2009 Pages: 249-264
Date Published
July 2009
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This study investigated whether the stress and coping process used by crime victims was different for victims of intimate partner abuse and victims of other crimes.
Abstract
Intimate partner violence occurs in relationships of intimacy, kinship, dependency, or trust. It ranges from physical, emotional, financial, and sexual abuse to neglect. A relatively unexplored area has been the study of the type of crime as a factor affecting stress and coping in victims. A small but compelling body of literature suggests that such stressors as crime victimization may be coped with quite differently by subgroups of victims. As such, this study explores the differences in appraisal, coping strategy, levels of distress, social support, and well-being in a sample of intimate partner abuse victims and victims of other violent crimes. (Published Abstract)