Müller, Julia; Orth, Ulrich; Wang, Jianping; Maercker, Andreas (2009). Disclosure attitudes and social acknowledgement as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity in Chinese and German crime victims. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 54(8), pp. 547-556. Canadian Psychiatric Association
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Objective: Only rare data exist comparing cross-cultural aspects of civilian traumatization. We compared prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in German and Chinese crime victims, and investigated the cross-cultural effect of 2 interpersonal predictors.
Method: German (n = 151) and Chinese (n = 144) adult crime victims were assessed several months postcrime. The parallel questionnaire set assessed PTSD symptom severity, disclosure attitudes, social acknowledgement, and demographic and crime characteristics.
Results: German and Chinese participants differed significantly in their PTSD symptom severity. However, in both samples, disclosure attitudes and social acknowledgement predicted PTSD symptom severity with a similar strength, in addition to the effects of other PTSD predictors.
Conclusions: The results suggest that interpersonal variables are predictors of PTSD symptom severity in both cultures and should be included in etiologic models of PTSD.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Müller, Julia, Orth, Ulrich |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
0706-7437 |
Publisher: |
Canadian Psychiatric Association |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Ulrich Orth |
Date Deposited: |
08 Jun 2015 09:15 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:47 |
PubMed ID: |
19726007 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
crime victims, posttraumatic stress disorder, cross-cultural study, disclosure, social acknowledgement |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.69099 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/69099 |
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