Abstract

The effects of stressful life events on violent victimization have been well established. The existing literature, however, remains relatively limited in examining the indirect association between stressful life events and violent victimization through acquired psychological processes. The current study examines the mediating effects of the co-occurrence of negative psychological symptoms (adverse psychological effects) on the association between stressful life events and violent victimization. The results of two structural equation models, estimated using the NLSY 1997 cohort, demonstrate that a variety of stressful life events and violent victimization had a positive indirect effect on violent victimization through adverse psychological effects. The results were only slightly attenuated when self-reported number of arrests was introduced as a covariate of violent victimization in the SEM. The findings suggest that exposure to a variety of stressful life events and violent victimization can influence psychological symptoms and increase subsequent violent victimization.

摘要

压力性生活事件对暴力受害的影响已得到充分证实。然而，现有文献在研究压力性生活事件与通过后天心理过程的暴力受害之间的间接关联方面仍然相对有限。目前的研究考察了消极心理症状（不良心理影响）同时发生对压力性生活事件和暴力受害之间关联的中介作用。使用 NLSY 1997 队列估计的两个结构方程模型的结果表明，各种压力性生活事件和暴力受害通过不利的心理影响对暴力受害具有积极的间接影响。当自我报告的逮捕人数作为 SEM 中暴力受害的协变量引入时，结果仅略有减弱。研究结果表明，暴露于各种压力性生活事件和暴力受害会影响心理症状并增加随后的暴力受害。