Bhattacharyya Atreyee, Lev-Wiesel Rachel, Banerjee Mallika
The Graduate School of Creative Arts Therapies and The Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2020 Jun 13;14(1):61-72. doi: 10.1007/s40653-020-00312-2. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Victimized children's perceptions of the severity of abusive incidents have been found to be associated with their willingness to disclose. However, the relationship between perceptions, disclosure, and coping processes of abused Indian adolescents, has rarely been studied. To explore the roles of emotional reactions associated with disclosure, and potency on individuals' perception of the severity of abusive incidents, reluctance to disclose, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. A randomly selected sample, consisting of 324 adolescents (aged 12 to 16) in Kolkata, India was included. Of these, 170 adolescents disclosed incidents of abuse last year. Data were analyzed by conditional process modeling. A moderated mediation analysis ( = 170) revealed that the overall perception of the severity of abusive incidents predicted greater reluctance to disclose ( = .63, < .0001) through heightened emotional reactions, especially with a higher potency level ( = .07, < .05; = .1, < .05). Potency moderated ( = -.02, = .01) the effect of reluctance on posttraumatic stress symptoms. When tested on the entire sample (324) the results replicated the sub-sample (170). Adolescents revealed similar results irrespective of their exposure. The reluctance to disclose abuse is discussed from an Indian cultural and societal perspective.
研究发现，受虐儿童对虐待事件严重程度的认知与他们披露此事的意愿有关。然而，印度受虐青少年的认知、披露与应对过程之间的关系却鲜有研究。为了探究与披露相关的情绪反应以及效能对个体对虐待事件严重程度的认知、不愿披露的情况和创伤后应激症状的作用。研究纳入了印度加尔各答随机抽取的324名青少年（年龄在12至16岁之间）样本。其中，170名青少年披露了去年的虐待事件。数据通过条件过程建模进行分析。一项有调节的中介分析（n = 170）显示，对虐待事件严重程度的总体认知通过增强的情绪反应预测了更高的不愿披露程度（β = 0.63，p < 0.0001），尤其是在效能水平较高时（β = 0.07，p < 0.05；β = 0.1，p < 0.05）。效能调节了（β = -0.02，p = 0.01）不愿披露对创伤后应激症状的影响。在整个样本（324）上进行测试时，结果重复了子样本（170）的情况。无论暴露情况如何，青少年都呈现出相似的结果。从印度文化和社会视角对不愿披露虐待行为进行了讨论。
