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Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Feb;148:106197. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106197. Epub 2023 May 17.
Identifying factors that support healthy psychological functioning after experiencing violence or other adversities in youth can lead to better prevention and intervention efforts. This is particularly important among communities with disproportionately high rates of adversity resulting from legacies of social and political injustices, such as American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
Data were pooled from four studies in the southern U.S. to examine a subsample of American Indian/Alaska Native participants (N = 147; mean age 28.54 years, SD = 16.3). Using the resilience portfolio model, we investigate the impact of three categories of psychosocial strengths (regulatory, meaning making, and interpersonal) on psychological functioning (subjective well-being and trauma symptoms), controlling for youth victimization, lifetime adversities, age, and gender.
In examining subjective well-being, the full model accounted for 52 % of the variance, with strengths explaining more variance than adversities (45 % vs 6 %). For trauma symptoms, the full model accounted for 28 % of the variance, with strengths and adversities accounting nearly equally for the variance (14 % and 13 %).
Psychological endurance and sense of purpose showed the most promise for bolstering subjective well-being while poly-strengths (having a diversity of multiple strengths) was most predictive of fewer trauma symptoms. Building psychosocial strengths offers promising strategies for prevention and intervention in Native nations and communities.
确定在青年时期经历暴力或其他逆境后支持心理健康的因素，可以促进更好的预防和干预工作。对于那些由于社会和政治不公正的遗留问题而面临不成比例的高逆境率的社区来说，这一点尤为重要，例如美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民社区。
数据来自美国南部的四项研究，以检查美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民参与者的子样本（N=147；平均年龄 28.54 岁，SD=16.3）。使用弹性组合模型，我们调查了三类心理社会优势（调节、意义建构和人际关系）对心理功能（主观幸福感和创伤症状）的影响，同时控制了青年时期的受害经历、一生的逆境、年龄和性别。
在检查主观幸福感时，完整模型解释了 52%的方差，优势比逆境解释了更多的方差（45%对 6%）。对于创伤症状，完整模型解释了 28%的方差，优势和逆境几乎同等程度地解释了方差（14%和 13%）。
心理耐力和目标感对增强主观幸福感最有希望，而多元优势（拥有多种优势）对创伤症状的预测性最强。建立心理社会优势为在原住民国家和社区开展预防和干预工作提供了有前途的策略。
