Bewältigungsstrategien und wahrgenommene soziale Unterstützung bei deutschen Langzeitüberlebenden der Vergewaltigungen am Ende des II. Weltkriegs

Zusammenfassung

Anliegen: Der Einfluss von sozialer Unterstützung auf die posttraumatische Belastung bei kriegsvergewaltigten Frauen des Zweiten Weltkriegs sowie individuelle Bewältigungsstrategien werden aufgezeigt.

Methode: 27 Frauen (M = 80,3 Jahre; SD = 3,1 Jahre) beantworteten ein Leitfadeninterview und Fragebögen.

Ergebnisse: Für die gemessene Ressource zeigen sich niedrige Werte und die Variablen weisen einen negativen Zusammenhang mit der aktuellen posttraumatischen Belastung auf.

Schlussfolgerungen: Die Frauen konnten bei der Bewältigung nur wenig auf soziale Unterstützung zurückgreifen, was heute noch an den Belastungssymptomen gemessen werden kann.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to document perceived social support in a sample of german war-raped women in World War II. Furthermore the impact of this potential resource on todays posttraumatic symptoms should be pointed out.

Methods: 27 women (M = 80.3 years, SD = 3.1 years) answered each a semi-structured interview and several questionnaires.

Results: Perceived social support shows clearly lower values than in the comparative samples. The measured degree of the variable in the present sample bears negative relationship to the actual posttraumatic symptoms of the women.

Conclusions: In World War II sexually traumatized women could profit only few from the examined resource. The found negative relationship between perceived social support and posttraumatic symptoms shows additionally the potentially long-lasting impact of these form of coping on psychological health in trauma victims.

Schlüsselwörter

posttraumatische Belastung - Weltkrieg II - Vergewaltigung - soziale Unterstützung - Bewältigung

Keywords

posttraumatic stress - World War II - rape - social support - coping

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