Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Stockholm University, Sweden.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Aug;36(15-16):7599-7624. doi: 10.1177/0886260519836785. Epub 2019 Mar 21.
The purpose of this study was to explore the role of social support for posttraumatic growth (PTG) and identity processes in a sample of 217 women victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), recruited from women shelters, social support centers, and through counseling psychologists. The results of the study highlight the important role of social support in seeking positive personal resolutions after experiencing traumatic events of IPV. It indicates that social support, but not social nonsupport, predicts higher levels of PTG and the development of new positive identities. In particular, social support was positively associated with the manifestation of all five identity processes, that is, with identification with commitment, commitment making, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth, and ruminative exploration. Furthermore, contextual and socioeconomic factors, such as time after last violence, relationships with the perpetrator, place of residence, education, and age of the victims of IPV were also related to identity processes. Severity of the violence, time after the last violence, education, and personal income were related to PTG. Thus, this study indicated that there are significant contextual and socioeconomic differences in the PTG and reconsideration of one's identity. Recommendations for practitioners and future research have been suggested.
本研究旨在探讨社会支持对创伤后成长（PTG）和身份认同过程的作用，研究对象为 217 名亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）女性受害者，她们是从妇女收容所、社会支持中心以及咨询心理学家那里招募而来的。研究结果突出了社会支持在经历 IPV 创伤性事件后寻求积极的个人解决方案方面的重要作用。研究表明，社会支持而非社会不支持，预测了更高水平的 PTG 和新的积极身份认同的发展。具体而言，社会支持与所有五个身份认同过程的表现呈正相关，即与承诺认同、承诺制定、广度探索、深度探索和沉思探索相关。此外，诸如最近一次暴力发生后的时间、与施暴者的关系、居住地、教育程度和 IPV 受害者的年龄等情境和社会经济因素也与身份认同过程有关。暴力的严重程度、最近一次暴力发生后的时间、教育程度和个人收入与 PTG 有关。因此，本研究表明，PTG 和重新考虑个人身份认同存在显著的情境和社会经济差异。为从业者和未来研究提出了建议。
