Feelings of revenge, retaliation motive, and posttraumatic stress reactions in crime victims


Autoria(s): Orth, Ulrich; Montada, Leo; Maercker, Andreas
Data(s)

2006

Resumo

Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often said to experience strong feelings of revenge. However, there is a need for confirmatory empirical studies. Therefore, in a study of 174 victims of violent crimes, the relation between feelings of revenge and posttraumatic stress reactions was investigated. Feelings of revenge were correlated with intrusion and hyperarousal but not with avoidance. Feelings of revenge explained incremental variance of intrusion and hyperarousalwhen the variance explained by victimological variables was controlled. The retaliation motive implied in feelings of revenge did not account for the relation between feelings of revenge and posttraumatic stress reactions. However, the relation was moderated by the time since victimization. Therefore, feelings of revenge must presumably be regarded as a maladaptive coping reaction to experienced injustice, but not in the first period after victimization.

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http://boris.unibe.ch/19899/1/Orth_et_al_2006_JIV.pdf

Orth, Ulrich; Montada, Leo; Maercker, Andreas (2006). Feelings of revenge, retaliation motive, and posttraumatic stress reactions in crime victims. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(2), pp. 229-243. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage 10.1177/0886260505282286 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260505282286>

doi:10.7892/boris.19899

info:doi:10.1177/0886260505282286

urn:issn:0886-2605

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Sage

Relação

http://boris.unibe.ch/19899/

http://jiv.sagepub.com/content/21/2/229

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Orth, Ulrich; Montada, Leo; Maercker, Andreas (2006). Feelings of revenge, retaliation motive, and posttraumatic stress reactions in crime victims. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(2), pp. 229-243. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage 10.1177/0886260505282286 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260505282286>

Palavras-Chave #150 Psychology
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article

info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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