Esposizione alla violenza in contesti multipli e sintomi post-traumatici da stress: uno studio con adolescenti

Titolo Rivista MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Autori/Curatori Gaetana Affuso, Dario Bacchini, Serena Aquilar, Grazia De Angelis, Maria Concetta Miranda
Anno di pubblicazione 2014 Fascicolo 2014/2
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 21 P. 13-33 Dimensione file 115 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2014-002002
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Recenti ricerche hanno messo in evidenza la relazione tra esposizione alla violenza ambientale e sintomi post-traumatici da stress (PTS). Il presente studio si propone di approfondire la natura di tale relazione, indagando l’associazione tra i diversi contesti della violenza (casa, scuola, quartiere, mass-media) e lo status della violenza (vittima, testimone) e i sintomi PTS e gli effetti cumulativi dovuti alla simultanea esposizione alla violenza in contesti multipli. Lo studio ha coinvolto 725 adolescenti che frequentavano il primo anno di scuola superiore. I risultati hanno messo in evidenza che: i) a un incremento dell’esposizione alla violenza corrisponde un incremento di sintomi PTS; ii) tutti i contesti violenti indagati, a eccezione del contesto della violenza virtuale dei mass-media, sono significativamente associati all’incremento di sintomi PTS; iii) sia l’esperienza di vittima sia quella di testimone di violenza hanno un effetto sull’insorgenza di sintomi PTS; iv) vi è un effetto di risposta alla dose dell’esposizione alla violenza in contesti multipli sui sintomi PTS.

Parole chiave:Adolescenza, violenza nella comunità, violenza familiare, violenza scolastica, stress post-traumatico

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Gaetana Affuso, Dario Bacchini, Serena Aquilar, Grazia De Angelis, Maria Concetta Miranda, Esposizione alla violenza in contesti multipli e sintomi post-traumatici da stress: uno studio con adolescenti in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 2/2014, pp 13-33, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2014-002002