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Risk recognition, attachment anxiety, self-efficacy, and state dissociation predict revictimization
Estelle Bockers1, Stefan Roepke2, Lars Michael3
1Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; The Berlin Center for Torture Victims, Berlin, Germany.
Risk recognition ability, attachment anxiety, self-efficacy, and state dissociation are key predictors of revictimization. Improved risk recognition may protect against repeated interpersonal trauma, while deficits increase risk.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Criminology
- Trauma Studies
Background:
- Previous research identified risk factors for victimization and revictimization.
- Specific predictors differentiating childhood victimization from revictimization remain unclear.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine if risk recognition ability and other variables predict revictimization.
- To differentiate individuals with childhood victimization only from revictimized individuals.
Main Methods:
- Logistic regression analysis of N=85 women (aged 21-64).
- Examined risk recognition, sensation seeking, self-efficacy, state dissociation, shame, guilt, assertiveness, and attachment anxiety.
Main Results:
- Risk recognition ability, attachment anxiety, state dissociation, and self-efficacy significantly predicted revictimization.
- The model achieved 80% overall classification accuracy.
Conclusions:
- Risk recognition ability, attachment anxiety, self-efficacy, and state dissociation are crucial in revictimization.
- Enhanced risk recognition may be protective; deficits increase revictimization risk.
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