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victimization. In the current study, we examined traumarelated symptoms associated with revictimization and chronic
victimization in a sample of 236 ethnically-diverse women
who were recruited following exposure to a domestic violence
incident reported to the police. The number of revictimization
and chronic victimization incidents reported each accounted for
unique variance in overall PTSD and trauma-related symptoms.
When looking at individual symptoms, revictimization (and not
chronic victimization) predicted symptoms associated with
passive avoidance processes, while chronic victimization (and
not revictimization) predicted symptoms associated with active
avoidance processes. The findings suggest that particular forms
of victimization may correspond with specific symptoms. Clinical
implications for mechanisms underlying symptoms will be
discussed.
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