Open AccessDisclosure Attitudes and Social Acknowledgement as Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity in Chinese and German Crime Victims
Author(s) -
Julia Mueller,
Ulrich Orth,
Jianping Wang,
Andreas Maercker
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the canadian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1497-0015
pISSN - 0706-7437
DOI - 10.1177/070674370905400807
Subject(s) - acknowledgement , german , posttraumatic stress , interpersonal communication , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , social psychology , medical emergency , computer security , archaeology , computer science , history
Only rare data exist comparing cross-cultural aspects of civilian traumatization. We compared prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in German and Chinese crime victims, and investigated the cross-cultural effect of 2 interpersonal predictors.
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