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Bystanders' Reactions to Witnessing Repetitive Abuse Experiences
Author(s) -
Janson Gregory R.,
Carney JoLynn V.,
Hazler Richard J.,
Oh Insoo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00113.x
Subject(s) - childhood abuse , psychology , distress , clinical psychology , psychological abuse , psychiatry , developmental psychology , child abuse , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , medical emergency
The Impact of Event Scale—Revised (D. S. Weiss &C. R. Marmar, 1997) was used to obtain self‐reported trauma levels from 587 young adults recalling childhood or adolescence experiences as witnesses to common forms of repetitive abuse defined as bullying. Mean participant scores were in a range suggesting potential need for clinical assessment at the time these events occurred. Multiple regression analysis identified significant predictors of distress levels, with intensity of abuse being the strongest. Additional results and implications of findings are discussed.