Gómez Jennifer M, Freyd Jennifer J
Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, Wayne State University, 71 East Ferry St., Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 Dec;20(6):1458-1467. doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0687-0.
Cultural betrayal trauma theory is a new framework for understanding trauma-related mental health outcomes in immigrant and minority populations. The purpose of the current study is to empirically test cultural betrayal trauma theory. We hypothesized that the association between within-group sexual violence and mental health outcomes would be stronger for minorities. Participants (N = 368) were minority and majority college students, who completed online measures of sexual violence victimization and mental health outcomes. A MANOVA revealed that the link between within-group sexual violence and total trauma symptoms, depression, sexual abuse sequelae, sleep disturbance, and sexual problems was stronger for minorities. This study provides evidence for cultural betrayal trauma theory, as the findings suggest that outcomes from the same experience-within-group sexual violence-is affected by minority status. This work has implications for how mental health is understood, investigated, and treated in immigrant and minority populations.
文化背叛创伤理论是一种用于理解移民和少数族裔群体中与创伤相关的心理健康结果的新框架。本研究的目的是对文化背叛创伤理论进行实证检验。我们假设，群体内性暴力与心理健康结果之间的关联对少数族裔来说会更强。参与者（N = 368）为少数族裔和多数族裔的大学生，他们完成了性暴力受害情况和心理健康结果的在线测量。一项多变量方差分析显示，群体内性暴力与总创伤症状、抑郁、性虐待后遗症、睡眠障碍和性问题之间的联系对少数族裔来说更强。本研究为文化背叛创伤理论提供了证据，因为研究结果表明，相同经历——群体内性暴力——的结果受到少数族裔身份的影响。这项工作对如何理解、研究和治疗移民和少数族裔群体的心理健康具有启示意义。
