Faculty of Law, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University, Room C1.23, P.O. Box 9520, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Community Ment Health J. 2012 Aug;48(4):527-34. doi: 10.1007/s10597-011-9443-4. Epub 2011 Oct 15.
The current study explored whether self-reported mental health problems among victims of violent crime (n = 151) affect their ratings of satisfaction with amount of financial compensation awarded by the Dutch state and vice versa. This topic is important to address, because satisfaction is often used as an indicator of quality of victim services. Relying on medical literature about satisfaction with compensation in patient populations, it was expected that satisfaction levels would be negatively associated with mental health problems. Mental health problems were assessed with the General Health Questionnaire. A threshold of 11/12 on this scale was used to differentiate between victims with and without probable mental health problems. In line with expectations, victims with probable mental health problems reported significantly lower levels of satisfaction than those without. Results remained unchanged after adjusting for potential confounding. Findings were discussed in light of study limitations and directions for future research.
当前的研究探讨了暴力犯罪受害者（n=151）报告的心理健康问题是否会影响他们对荷兰政府授予的赔偿金数额的满意度评级，反之亦然。解决这个问题很重要，因为满意度通常被用作受害者服务质量的指标。根据有关患者群体对赔偿满意度的医学文献，预计满意度水平与心理健康问题呈负相关。心理健康问题使用一般健康问卷进行评估。该量表的 11/12 分被用作区分有和无可能心理健康问题的受害者的界限。正如预期的那样，有潜在心理健康问题的受害者报告的满意度明显低于没有潜在心理健康问题的受害者。在调整了潜在混杂因素后，结果仍然不变。研究结果根据研究的局限性和未来研究的方向进行了讨论。
