Who Do Young Adult Victims of Physical Assault Talk to about Their Experiences?

Autor/inn/en	Thomson, Rob; Langley, John
Titel	Who Do Young Adult Victims of Physical Assault Talk to about Their Experiences?
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 32 (2004) 4, S.479-488 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20014
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Victims of Crime; Emotional Experience; Physical Health; Social Support Groups; Social Capital; Social Attitudes; Coping; Satisfaction; Life Satisfaction; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Health Needs; Health Promotion; Police Community Relationship; Preferences; Interest Inventories; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Gesundheitszustand; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Sozialkapital; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Bewältigung; Zufriedenheit; Lebensvollendung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Interest profile; Interessenprofil; Neuseeland
Abstract	Many victims of physical assaults do not report the assault to the police. In this study we examine whom these victims talked to and how satisfied they were with the help they received. A sample of 374 participants of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS) who had been assaulted in the preceding 12 months, were asked questions about an assault that had the greatest impact on their life and who they had talked to about it. It was found that not only did very few participants report the assault to the police; most victims talked to no one. If they did talk to someone, they were more likely to talk to friends and family and find them more helpful than the police and other services. Talking to others appears to be influenced by the nature of the assault, as participants were most likely to report serious assaults resulting in injuries requiring medical attention. (Contains 4 tables and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10