Castiglioni Marco, Caldiroli Cristina Liviana, Manzoni Gian Mauro, Procaccia Rossella
Department of Human Sciences "R. Massa, " University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Novedrate, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jun 13;14:1211022. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1211022. eCollection 2023.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious issue for women from all cultures and backgrounds. Studies on the negative consequences of violence suggest that women with a history of abuse are more likely to display depressive and PTSD symptoms. However, recent research has focused on the mechanisms underpinning resilience and the processing of traumatic memories, including linguistic markers and how they may reflect the mental health of traumatized individuals. In this study, we analyzed trauma narratives to investigate whether resilience mediates the impact of PTSD and depression symptoms on five trauma-processing mechanisms (cognitive processing, emotional processing, perceived threat to life, self-perspective, and integration of traumatic memories). Forty-three abused women (mean age = 38.74 years; = 9.41) wrote about their traumatic experiences and completed instruments assessing their levels of PTSD, depression, and resilience. We used LIWC software to analyze the women's narratives in terms of linguistic markers of psychological processing. Mediation analysis indicated that resilience fully mediated the impact of mental health symptoms on emotional processing, perceived threat to life, and integration of traumatic memories and partially mediated cognitive processing and self-perspective. We discuss the clinical implications of these findings, emphasizing the need to focus on the resources and strengths of women survivors of abuse in designing targeted psychological interventions.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）对来自所有文化和背景的女性来说都是一个严重问题。关于暴力负面影响的研究表明，有虐待史的女性更有可能表现出抑郁和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状。然而，最近的研究集中在恢复力的潜在机制以及创伤记忆的处理上，包括语言标记以及它们如何反映受创伤个体的心理健康。在本研究中，我们分析了创伤叙事，以调查恢复力是否介导了PTSD和抑郁症状对五种创伤处理机制（认知处理、情绪处理、感知到的生命威胁、自我认知和创伤记忆的整合）的影响。43名受虐待女性（平均年龄 = 38.74岁；标准差 = 9.41）写下了她们的创伤经历，并完成了评估她们PTSD、抑郁和恢复力水平的量表。我们使用LIWC软件根据心理处理的语言标记来分析这些女性的叙事。中介分析表明，恢复力完全介导了心理健康症状对情绪处理、感知到的生命威胁和创伤记忆整合的影响，并部分介导了认知处理和自我认知。我们讨论了这些发现的临床意义，强调在设计有针对性的心理干预措施时，需要关注受虐待女性幸存者的资源和优势。
