Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 May 19;20(10):5879. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20105879.
Gender-Based violence is a worldwide persisting phenomenon: during their lifetime, 30% of women have experienced sexual and/or physical violence. The literature has investigated for several years the association between abuse and possible psychiatric and psychological consequences which may occur even after many years. The most common consequences involve mood and stress disorders (e.g., depression and PTSD). These disorders seem to have secondary long-term effects, such as decision-making and cognitive function impairments. Therefore, the present literature synthesis aimed to investigate whether and how the decision-making capacities of individuals experiencing violence can change because of abuse. We conducted a thematic synthesis using PRISMA guidelines: through a double-blind procedure, 4599 studies were screened; a total of 46 studies were selected for full-text reading, which was reduced to 13 by excluding papers with a wrong focus. To better understand the results of the thematic synthesis, two main focuses have been identified: "leave or stay decision making" and "multifactorial dimensions of decision making". Results showed that decision-making is an important process in avoiding secondary victimization.
女性在其一生中，有 30%的人经历过性暴力和/或身体暴力。多年来，文献一直在研究虐待与可能发生的精神和心理后果之间的关联，这些后果甚至可能在多年后才出现。最常见的后果包括情绪和压力障碍（例如，抑郁和 PTSD）。这些障碍似乎有次要的长期影响，如决策和认知功能障碍。因此，目前的文献综述旨在探讨经历暴力的个体的决策能力是否会因虐待而发生变化。我们按照 PRISMA 指南进行了主题综合：通过双盲程序，筛选了 4599 项研究；共有 46 项研究进行了全文阅读，排除了焦点错误的论文后，将其减少到 13 项。为了更好地理解主题综合的结果，确定了两个主要焦点：“离开或留下的决策”和“决策的多因素维度”。结果表明，决策是避免二次受害的一个重要过程。
