강력범죄 피해자의 외상 후 스트레스 증상 및예측요인에 대한 탐색적 연구

An Exploratory Study on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms of Violent Crime Victims and Predictors of Symptoms

The aim of this study was to investigate the posttraumatic stress symptoms of violent crime and predictors to the symptoms. For this, we analyzed data of 473 victims registered to the integrated supporting center for violent crime victims who agreed to participate in the study. The results showed that more than 90% of victims experience significant PTSD symptoms, 30% of them were in extreme mental confusion that required medication or hospitalization. There was a significant difference in the severity of sequela according to gender, time since visiting to the center, pre-event adaptation level, and event type. Although the victim experienced more avoidance and hypervigilance symptoms than the family, the psychological distress experienced by the family was not less than that of the victim. Psychological sequela of the events were found to be more severe with more experiences of childhood trauma, lack of ego resilience, low level of perceived social support, strong dissociation tendency, and avoiding coping styles. A result of the stepwise regression analysis, avoidant coping style explained 10.6% of the total variance. Limitations and implications of this study were discussed.