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Citation

Brown JR, Hill HM, Lambert SF. J. Interpers. Violence 2005; 20(11): 1478-1494.

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260505278604

PMID

16210737

Abstract

Prior research documents increased trauma symptoms associated with exposure to violence, primarily by examining types of violence separately. This study extends prior research by examining traumatic stress symptoms associated with two types of violence exposure, community violence and partner violence. A sample of 90 low income African American women from an urban area completed measures assessing exposure to community violence, partner violence, and trauma symptoms. Exposure to community violence and partner violence were associated with increased reporting of trauma symptoms. Participants who experienced high levels of exposure to both types of violence reported more trauma symptoms than women who were exposed to only one type of violence or neither type of violence. The results suggest that the accumulation of exposures to violence is linked with greater distress. Thus, interventions with women exposed to violence should assess violence exposure in multiple domains and attend to the implications of multiple exposures to violence.

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