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ABSTRACT
Research demonstrates that children exposed to domestic violence experience a myriad of internalising and externalising symptoms. The current study examines this pathway within a Cambodian sample, specifically determining if the effect of witnessing domestic violence on the child’s tendency to bully or to be bullied is mediated by symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The PTSD Checklist – Civilian Version, a revised version of a12-item bullying and victimisation questionnaire, and the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale were administered to 206 high school students in Phnom Penh. A significant mediational effect of PTSD symptoms was found for victimisation (being bullied); no such mediational model was supported for bullying as the outcome variable. However, controlling for emotional, physical, and sexual child abuse resulted in the mediation effect being non-significant. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
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Notes
1 The Satterthwaite correction was used in order to account for unequal variances.
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Notes on contributors
Rachel E. Williamson
Rachel E. Williamson has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and recently completed her doctoral internship at Norton Sound Health Corporation in Nome, Alaska.
David E. Reed
David E. Reed II is a Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology, currently completing his doctoral internship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Robert E. Wickham
Robert E. Wickham is a social psychologist and Assistant Professor at Palo Alto University.
Nigel P. Field
Nigel P. Field (1954–2013) was a clinical psychologist, Associate Professor at Palo Alto University, and a prolific researcher in trauma and bereavement studies.