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Healing After Violence: The Effect of Perception of Social Support on Posttraumatic Growth in Female University Students.

Ramazan BozkurtFüsun TerzioğluSuna Uysal YalçınZeynep ZonpMehtap AkkoçLaura SinkoDenise M Saint Arnault
Published in: Violence against women (2023)
This study investigated the Turkish validity and reliability of the Healing After Gender-based Violence Scale (GBV-Heal) and the relationship between social support perception, posttraumatic growth in university students who are victims of gender-based violence. The study sample consisted of 167 female students who experienced gender-based violence. The Turkish version of GBV-Heal of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was 0.892; the Bartlett Sphericity Test result was determined as χ 2   =  195,053, and the obtained variables were found suitable for factor analysis. Perception of social support related to post-violence healing in female university students is effective on posttraumatic growth.
Keyphrases
  • social support
  • mental health
  • depressive symptoms
  • intimate partner violence
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