Interpersonal violence and mental health outcomes: mediation by self-efficacy and coping

• Autor(a) principal: Magalhães, E.
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Grych, J., Ferreira, C., Antunes, C., Prioste, A., Jongenelen, I.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22108
• topic: Victimization; Mental health; Self-efficacy; Coping; Quantitative study

There is a compelling need to explore the mechanisms linking violence to mental health. This study tested the mediating role of self-efficacy and coping in the association between victimization and mental health. Data were obtained from 422 adults (aged 18-77; M = 30.05; SD = 10.93). Self-efficacy and maladaptive coping strategies mediated the association between physical victimization and anxiety, and the association between psychological victimization and satisfaction with life anxiety and depression. Self-efficacy and adaptive coping also mediated the association between psychological victimization and satisfaction with life. This study provides important implications for research and practice.