caa a22 4500 463198867 CHVBK 20180406164930.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10896-007-9078-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10896-007-9078-y Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Battered Women: The Mediating Role of Learned Helplessness [Elektronische Daten] [Neta Bargai, Gershon Ben-Shakhar, Arieh Shalev] Learned helplessness (LH) may mediate the link between violence exposure and mental disorders in battered women. This study evaluated the contribution of LH to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and major depression (MDD) in women with prolonged exposure to partner violence in 101 residents of shelters for battered women in Israel. DSM-IV axis-I disorders were assessed by a structured clinical interview. Self-report questionnaires evaluated exposure to violence, symptoms of PTSD and depression, LH, history of child abuse, SES and the extent of male-dominance and prejudice against women in the participants prior socialization background. LH significantly mediated the effect of violence on PTSD and depression symptoms. Male-dominated background contributed to LH. Thus, LH may increase the risk of mental disorders in battered women and should be addressed in interventions designed to reduce the burden of mental illness in this population. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Learned helplessness nationallicence PTSD nationallicence Depression nationallicence Battered women nationallicence Bargai Neta Center for Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel aut Ben-Shakhar Gershon Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut Shalev Arieh Center for Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel aut Journal of Family Violence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/5(2007-07-01), 267-275 0885-7482 22:5<267 2007 22 10896 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-007-9078-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-007-9078-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bargai Neta Center for Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ben-Shakhar Gershon Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shalev Arieh Center for Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Family Violence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/5(2007-07-01), 267-275 0885-7482 22:5<267 2007 22 10896 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer