VICTIMS OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY-COPING & RECOVERY

住宅入室盗窃的受害者

• 批准号: 3383880
• 负责人: MARTIN S GREENBERG
• 金额: $ 8.93万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-30 至 1993-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3383880
• 关键词: computer data analysis; coping; crime victims; decision making; emotional adjustment; locus of control; social adjustment; social support network; statistics /biometry

The major aim of the proposed research is to complete the analysis of a longitudinal study that examines the long-term consequences of residential burglary victimization for the mental health of its victims and their informal aid givers. The project also aims at exploring the decision process of victims to notify the police and the role that social influence plays in this process. The project involves analysis of data from the second wave of interviews with victims of residential burglary, theft, those who interacted with them immediately after the crime ("consultants"), and a group of nonvictims. The data were collected via computer assisted telephone (CATI). A computer-assisted random digit dialing procedure was used to identify victims of residential burglary and two control groups consisting of theft victims and nonvictims. The inclusion of theft victims in the sample was designed to help determine how much of a residential burglary victim's response is specific to the nature of the crime and how much of it is a response to being a victim of a property crime in general. Participants were interviewed on two occasions, within a year of the victimization, and one year later. Analyses of variance will be used to test for group differences. Because of the longitudinal nature of the design, comparisons will be made between the reactions of repeat victims and those newly victimized. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses will be used to identify predictors of (1) the coping mechanisms used by victims and (2) the long-term effects of the victimization on their mental health. The results of these analyses may help provide information that can lead to more effective intervention by informal aid givers and the police.

本研究的主要目的是完成对一个 一项纵向研究，研究住宅的长期影响， 入室盗窃受害者的心理健康及其 非正式的援助者。 该项目还旨在探索决策 被害人向警方报案的过程及社会影响的作用 在这个过程中扮演。 该项目涉及分析来自 第二波采访的受害者住宅盗窃，盗窃， 那些在犯罪后立即与他们互动的人（“顾问”）， 和一群非受害者 通过计算机辅助收集数据 电话（CATI）。 一个计算机辅助的随机数字拨号程序， 用于识别住宅盗窃的受害者和两个对照组 包括盗窃受害者和非受害者。 将盗窃受害者包括在内 是为了帮助确定一个住宅区 盗窃受害者的反应是具体的犯罪的性质，以及如何 其中大部分是对一般财产犯罪受害者的回应。 参与者在一年内接受了两次采访， 受害，一年后。 方差分析将用于 测试组差异。 由于纵向的性质， 设计，比较重复受害者的反应， 和那些新受害者。 分层多元回归分析将 用于确定（1）受害者使用的应对机制的预测因素 （2）受害对心理健康的长期影响。 这些分析的结果可能有助于提供信息， 非正式援助提供者和警察进行更有效的干预。