University of Dayton, OH, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2020 May;35(9-10):1843-1865. doi: 10.1177/0886260517699951. Epub 2017 Mar 28.
The current study aims to understand mediators and moderators of the relationship between stalking victimization and depression. Based on the reformulated learned helplessness theory, which emphasizes the role of internal, global, and stable attributions for negative events in the development of depression, we predicted that the association between stalking victimization and depression would be mediated by attributions for the stalking and characterological self-blame. We predicted that the association between stalking victimization and helplessness attributions or characterological self-blame, in turn, would be moderated by gender, sex-role identity, and length of stalking. Specifically, we hypothesized that female victims, victims possessing a feminine sex-role identity, and victims experiencing longer stalking episodes would be more likely to experience depression in comparison with male victims, victims possessing a masculine sex-role identity, and victims experiencing shorter stalking episodes. The results indicated that global attributions for the cause of stalking significantly mediated the relationship between stalking victimization and depression. The results for stable attributions, internal attributions, and characterological self-blame were nonsignificant. Furthermore, gender, sex-role identity, and length of stalking did not moderate the association between stalking and attributional style or characterological self-blame. The implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
本研究旨在探讨跟踪受害与抑郁之间的中介和调节因素。基于重新制定的习得性无助理论，该理论强调对负面事件的内部、全局和稳定归因在抑郁发展中的作用，我们预测跟踪受害与抑郁之间的关联将通过对跟踪的归因和人格自责来介导。我们预测，跟踪受害与无助归因或人格自责之间的关联反过来会受到性别、性别认同和跟踪时间的调节。具体而言，我们假设女性受害者、具有女性性别认同的受害者和经历较长跟踪事件的受害者比男性受害者、具有男性性别认同的受害者和经历较短跟踪事件的受害者更容易出现抑郁。结果表明，对跟踪原因的全局归因显著中介了跟踪受害与抑郁之间的关系。稳定归因、内部归因和人格自责的结果没有意义。此外，性别、性别认同和跟踪时间并没有调节跟踪与归因风格或人格自责之间的关联。讨论了这些发现的意义和未来研究的方向。
