Social Support, Dysfunctional Coping, and Community Reintegration as Predictors of PTSD Among Human Trafficking Survivors

摘要: Human trafficking exerts psychological effects on survivors that persist after intervention, and even community reintegration. Effects include anxiety, depression, alienation, disorientation, aggression, suicidal ideation, attention deficit, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Community supports coping mechanisms may mitigate these effects. The report presented here is part of a long-term program research to develop test evidence-informed mental health human capacity-building intervention programs for women girls who are victims trafficking. Structural equation modeling was used assess conditional process model (moderated mediation) the effect social support, coping, reintegration PTSD among n = 144 women. Participants received psychosocial at residential care facility survivors. Results indicate fit excellent. indirectly influenced through its perceived support. Survivors reported more difficulty reintegrating back into less support than those easier reintegration, indicated PTSD. with symptoms tended using dysfunctional mechanisms.