Çon Hilal Özden, Osmanağaoğlu Nihan
Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Amasya University.
Psychol Trauma. 2025 Sep;17(6):1340-1348. doi: 10.1037/tra0001833. Epub 2024 Dec 5.
Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is a concept that may emerge after a traumatic experience and describes an experience that includes reaching a higher level of development in various areas of life compared to pretrauma. Although everyone is at risk for traumatic experiences, some populations such as minorities may be at more risk for stress, crisis, and trauma. However, there are limited studies that examine the difference between minority and majority groups in terms of variables related to trauma and PTG. The present study aims to investigate these variables between lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+), which is considered a minority group, and heterosexual individuals in a developing country like Turkey.
Participants were 40 LGBT+ and 73 heterosexual individuals aged between 18 and 60 (26.88 ± 8.21). PTG, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, psychological resilience, social connectedness, perceived available support, and psychological inflexibility were measured using self-report questionnaires.
All questionnaires were internally consistent (αs from .87 to .96). PTG showed a significant correlation only with the perceived available support both for all participants and for LGBT+ and heterosexual groups separately. All variables except PTG differed significantly between LGBT+ and heterosexual individuals.
The results have implications regarding an LGBT+ community in a developing country, as they appear to have clinically significant traumatic symptoms. In addition, LGBT+ individuals also appear to have less social and individual resources, which should be considered for delivering treatments and providing support for this group. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
创伤后成长（PTG）是一个可能在创伤经历后出现的概念，它描述的是一种经历，即在生活的各个领域相比于创伤前达到了更高的发展水平。尽管每个人都有经历创伤事件的风险，但一些群体，如少数群体，可能面临更大的压力、危机和创伤风险。然而，关于少数群体和多数群体在与创伤及PTG相关变量方面差异的研究有限。本研究旨在调查在土耳其这样一个发展中国家，被视为少数群体的女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者（LGBT+）与异性恋个体之间的这些变量。
参与者为40名LGBT+个体和73名年龄在18至60岁之间的异性恋个体（26.88±8.21）。使用自陈问卷测量PTG、创伤后应激障碍症状、心理韧性、社会联结、感知到的可用支持以及心理灵活性。
所有问卷的内部一致性良好（α系数从0.87至0.96）。PTG仅与所有参与者以及LGBT+和异性恋群体各自感知到的可用支持存在显著相关性。除PTG外，所有变量在LGBT+个体和异性恋个体之间均存在显著差异。
研究结果对于发展中国家的LGBT+群体具有启示意义，因为他们似乎存在具有临床意义的创伤症状。此外，LGBT+个体似乎也拥有较少的社会和个人资源，在为该群体提供治疗和支持时应考虑到这一点。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2025美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
