Kaye-Tzadok Avital, Davidson-Arad Bilha
Bob Shapell School of Social Work.
Psychol Trauma. 2016 Sep;8(5):550-558. doi: 10.1037/tra0000103. Epub 2016 Mar 28.
Research suggests that, after a traumatic event, survivors can experience positive change (posttraumatic growth), but the relation of these changes to overall psychological adjustment (resilience) and psychological distress (posttraumatic symptoms; PTS), as well as the relation to possible contributors, is still unclear. The study examines posttraumatic growth (PTG) among women survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), looking at the relation of PTG to the women's cognitive strategies (past self-blame, self-forgiveness, perception of control and hope), resilience and PTS.
Self-report questionnaires were completed by 100 women survivors of CSA.
Findings show that the main contributors to PTG were demographic-familial variables (birth order and number of siblings) and cognitive strategies (self-blame and hope).The relationship between resilience and PTG was curvilinear: The highest levels of PTG occurred when resilience levels were moderate. Variance in PTG was also explained by an interaction between resilience and PTS.
Cognitive strategies and familial variables can contribute to PTG. The complex relations between PTG, resilience and PTS might help professionals better understand different trajectories of adjustment among trauma survivors. (PsycINFO Database Record
研究表明，创伤事件后，幸存者可能会经历积极变化（创伤后成长），但这些变化与整体心理调适（心理韧性）和心理困扰（创伤后症状；PTS）的关系，以及与可能的影响因素的关系仍不明确。本研究调查童年期性虐待（CSA）女性幸存者的创伤后成长（PTG），探讨PTG与女性认知策略（过去的自责、自我宽恕、控制感和希望感）、心理韧性和PTS之间的关系。
100名CSA女性幸存者完成了自陈式问卷调查。
研究结果显示，PTG的主要影响因素是人口统计学-家庭变量（出生顺序和兄弟姐妹数量）和认知策略（自责和希望）。心理韧性与PTG之间的关系呈曲线状：心理韧性处于中等水平时，PTG水平最高。PTG的变异也可由心理韧性和PTS之间的交互作用来解释。
认知策略和家庭变量可能影响PTG。PTG、心理韧性和PTS之间的复杂关系可能有助于专业人员更好地理解创伤幸存者不同的调适轨迹。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》 ）
