Victim–Offender Relationship & Emotional, Social, & Physical Consequences of Violent Victimization

Victim–Offender Relationship and the Emotional, Social, and Physical Consequences of Violent Victimization, in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Key takeaway: "Uninjured victims were more likely to report emotional distress (risk ratio=1.41, 95% CI=1.33, 1.50), social distress (risk ratio=3.12, 95% CI=2.78, 3.51), more physical symptoms (symptom frequency ratio=1.68, 95% CI=1.51, 1.87), and more emotional symptoms (symptom frequency ratio=1.13, 95% CI=1.08, 1.18) in family member/intimate partner violence than in stranger violence. Victims also reported worse outcomes after acquaintance violence than after stranger violence."