Criminal Victimisation and Depression in the Czech Republic

Lorenz, Frederick O.; Johnson, Lee Michael; Hraba, Joseph

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%T Criminal Victimisation and Depression in the Czech Republic
%A Lorenz, Frederick O.
%A Johnson, Lee Michael
%A Hraba, Joseph
%J Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review
%N 2
%P 195-209
%V 8
%D 2000
%K Victimization
%= 2009-02-25T16:48:00Z
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53325
%X Since the fall of communism in 1989, criminal victimization has become an issue in the Czech Republic, & research indicates that it is a stressful experience. The relationship between criminal victimization & depression was examined by adding fear of crime, protection against crime, avoidance of crime, mastery over one's life, social support, & trust in government (as well as sociodemographic controls) to successive regression equations. A total of 703 Czech households in the second of a three-wave (1994-1996) panel study were studied. For men, the total & direct effects of criminal victimization on depression were significant. However, the relation of men's fear of crime & depression was mediated by avoidance. For women, criminal victimization was not related to depression. The relation of women's fear of crime & depression was mediated by mastery. Interpretations of these results are grounded in the different relevance criminal victimization has for the well-being of men & women.
%C MISC
%G en
%9 journal article
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info