TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Predictor variables of PTSD symptoms in school victimization: a retrospective study with college students
JO  - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma
A1  - Albuquerque, Paloma Pegolo de
A1  - Williams, Lúcia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
SP  - 1067
EP  - 1085
VL  - 24
IS  - 10
N2  - The literature has indicated that school victimization might favor the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, few studies have shown which variables are important in this process. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between explanatory variables (individual characteristics and aversive school experiences), and the development of PTSD symptoms, using an ordinal logistic regression model. To this end, 691 students of a public university situated in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with a mean age of 21.1 years responded to a Brazilian version of the retrospective instrument Student Alienation and Trauma Survey-R (SATS-R). Significant variables for the regression model were age, duration of the worst school experience and subsequent discomfort, and relational and verbal violence victimization. In general, the greater the discomfort experienced by the student, the longer the duration of the worst school experience, the older the student and the more verbal and relational victimization episodes experienced, the greater the possibility of displaying clinically significant symptoms of PTSD.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1092-6771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2015.1079281
ID  - ref1
ER  -