School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, 600 Akureyri, Iceland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 25;19(3):1342. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031342.
Post-traumatic growth (PTG) is a positive psychological change following trauma. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one such trauma. The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore PTG from the perspective of women who have survived IPV as well as their perceptions of PTG. Twenty-two female IPV survivors aged 23-56 who reached PTG, according to the working definition used, were interviewed. The overriding theme of the study was "I'm a winner, not a victim", which describes the essence of the women's experience of PTG. They described their experience as a shift from being suffering victims of IPV to becoming winners who enjoyed PTG. They felt that their positive attitude and personal strengths had helped them to reach PTG as well as to face the fact that they had been in an abusive relationship, thus forgiving and believing in themselves and taking responsibility for their own health and well-being. They sought knowledge about violence, how to process it, and how to respond to triggers. They set boundaries for their perpetrators and were in as little contact with them as possible. They chose the company of positive, supportive, and constructive people and situations where they were not being controlled. It was concluded that, even though suffering IPV is a terrible experience that no one should endure, the participants' experiences had resulted in PTG that they treasured.
创伤后成长（PTG）是创伤后积极的心理变化。亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）就是这样一种创伤。本现象学研究的目的是从经历过 IPV 的女性的角度以及她们对 PTG 的看法来探讨 PTG。根据使用的工作定义，采访了 22 名年龄在 23-56 岁之间达到 PTG 的 IPV 幸存者女性。研究的首要主题是“我是赢家，不是受害者”，这描述了女性经历 PTG 的本质。她们将自己的经历描述为从 IPV 的痛苦受害者转变为享受 PTG 的赢家。她们觉得自己积极的态度和个人优势帮助她们达到了 PTG，并且面对她们曾经处于虐待关系的事实，从而原谅自己、相信自己，并为自己的健康和幸福负责。她们寻求有关暴力的知识，了解如何处理它，以及如何应对触发因素。她们为施虐者设定了界限，并尽可能减少与他们的接触。她们选择与积极、支持和建设性的人以及他们不会被控制的环境相处。结论是，尽管遭受 IPV 是一种可怕的经历，没有人应该忍受，但参与者的经历导致了他们珍视的 PTG。
