Valdez Christine E, Lilly Michelle M
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2015 Jan;30(2):215-31. doi: 10.1177/0886260514533154. Epub 2014 May 20.
Adverse consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) are well documented, whereas less research has explored positive changes. Recent efforts indicate that survivors report posttraumatic growth (PTG), but the schema reconstruction hypothesis by which this is achieved is in need of further investigation. One model of PTG suggests that growth is triggered by trauma(s) that challenges an individual's assumptive world. This threat promotes cognitive processing and schema reconstruction that fosters a sense of meaning and value in one's life. As schema change is posited as the main cognitive antecedent of PTG, a longitudinal assessment of world assumptions was used to examine whether assumption change predicts PTG in IPV survivors. Results indicate that world assumptions became more positive 1 year after an initial interview but only for women who had not been revictimized in the year between study assessments. Furthermore, positive world assumption change was associated with greater PTG scores. Implications for intervention and research are discussed.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的不良后果已有充分记录，而对积极变化的研究较少。最近的研究表明，幸存者报告有创伤后成长（PTG），但实现这一成长的图式重建假说仍需进一步研究。一种PTG模型表明，成长是由挑战个人假设世界的创伤引发的。这种威胁促进认知加工和图式重建，从而在一个人的生活中培养意义感和价值感。由于图式变化被认为是PTG的主要认知前提，因此通过对世界假设的纵向评估来检验假设变化是否能预测IPV幸存者的PTG。结果表明，在初次访谈一年后，世界假设变得更加积极，但仅限于在两次研究评估之间的一年中未再次受害的女性。此外，积极的世界假设变化与更高的PTG得分相关。本文还讨论了对干预和研究的启示。
