Morrow K B
Department of Human Development and Learning, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614.
Child Abuse Negl. 1991;15(4):477-83. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(91)90031-8.
It has been suggested that how one cognitively appraises his or her victimization experience will influence one's psychological adjustment. In this study, content analysis was conducted on the explanations given for their molestation by 84 female adolescent incest victims. The relationship of these explanations with measures of self-esteem and depression was examined. No relationship was found between self-esteem or depression scores and whether or not subjects found some meaning or explanation for their being molested. However, the type of attribution was related to self-esteem and depression, with subjects significantly more depressed and having lower self-esteem if they attributed the molestation as due to something about self (internal attribution) versus some reason external to self (external attribution). Subjects making internal attributions were more likely to have experienced intercourse.
有人提出，一个人如何从认知上评估自己的受害经历会影响其心理调适。在本研究中，对84名青春期女性乱伦受害者就其遭受性骚扰所给出的解释进行了内容分析。考察了这些解释与自尊及抑郁测量指标之间的关系。自尊或抑郁得分与受试者是否能为自己遭受性骚扰找到某种意义或解释之间未发现关联。然而，归因类型与自尊和抑郁有关，如果受试者将性骚扰归因于自身的某些因素（内部归因）而非自身以外的某些原因（外部归因），那么他们会明显更加抑郁且自尊水平更低。进行内部归因的受试者更有可能有过性交经历。
