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

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-243

  Orth, Ulrich ^a   Montada, Leo ^b,c,d   Maercker, Andreas ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c European Academy of Science   (Australia)

^d International Society for Justice Research

^e European Academy of Science ^*  (Germany)

^f Center for Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Author keywords

Crime victims; Posttraumatic; Retaliation; Stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REVIEW; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 31644439997     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505282286     Document Type: Review

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