The Impact of Violence Victimization on Physical and Mental Health Among Women
| 2002-WG-BX-0005 | |
| Grantee: | Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH |
| Principal Investigator: | Catherine Kaukinen |
| Title: | The Impact of Violence Victimization on Physical and Mental Health Among Women |
| Monitor: | Bernard Auchter |
| This project is examining the physical and mental health consequences of violent victimization of women through an analysis of data from the National Institute of Justice - Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS). The goal of the research is to examine victims' experiences and subsequent mental and physical health over the life course, assessing (1) the effect of childhood, adolescent, and adult experiences with physical assault, sexual assault, stalking, and threats; (2) the effect of police interventions and the offender's stake in conformity; and (3) whether community and family support buffers or exacerbates health consequences of violent victimization. Using data for 8,000 female respondents in the 1995-1996 NVAWS - a random-digit-dialed telephone survey of women and men aged 18 and older living in the United States - researchers are conducting three phases of analysis, in which the outcome variables will be five possible health outcomes: (1) concern for personal safety, (2) self-reported health, (3) depressive symptomatology, (4) alcohol abuse, and (5) post traumatic stress disorder. The researchers will draw on existing literature in developing models of the physical and mental health consequences of the extent, severity, and life-course stage of four forms of violent victimization unique to the NVAWS: physical assault, sexual, stalking, and threats. | |
Date Entered: December 3, 2007