Gonzalez Alejandra, Haws James K, Alshabani Nuha, Zlotnick Caron, Johnson Dawn M
School of Psychology, Xavier University.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado.
Psychol Trauma. 2025 Jun;17(Suppl 1):S105-S114. doi: 10.1037/tra0001868. Epub 2025 Jan 27.
The present study presents a longitudinal examination of the impact of cyber abuse (CA) on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity among a racially diverse sample of women with intimate partner violence (IPV).
Using data collected from a completed randomized control trial with women who sought safety in a domestic violence shelter (W-DVS; = 172), we conducted a secondary data analysis. Participants completed measures of CA, PTSD severity, and other types of IPV at each time point. To examine predictors of the latent change factor, we estimated the influence of CA on each latent change factor while controlling for other (i.e., noncyber abuse) types of IPV and treatment condition across time.
Initial results suggested that CA has a negative impact on PTSD severity over time for W-DVS, as CA predicted changes in PTSD severity across five time points when controlling for treatment condition and PTSD symptom severity at the previous time points. However, CA did not predict a change in symptom severity when controlling for other forms of (noncyber abuse) IPV.
Although more CA is associated with more severe PTSD symptoms from the time women are in shelter to postshelter, 3, 9, and 15 months postshelter, this is no longer the case when overall IPV is considered. This study extends our understanding of how CA can exacerbate psychological health consequences, including PTSD severity, of W-DVS, suggesting that cyber abuse should be assessed in tandem with other IPV types rather than as a separate phenomenon. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究对遭受亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的不同种族女性样本进行了纵向研究，以考察网络虐待（CA）对创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）严重程度的影响。
我们使用从一项针对在家庭暴力庇护所寻求安全的女性（W-DVS；n = 172）的完整随机对照试验中收集的数据进行了二次数据分析。参与者在每个时间点完成了网络虐待、创伤后应激障碍严重程度和其他类型亲密伴侣暴力的测量。为了检验潜在变化因素的预测指标，我们在控制其他（即非网络虐待）类型的亲密伴侣暴力和不同时间的治疗条件的同时，估计了网络虐待对每个潜在变化因素的影响。
初步结果表明，随着时间的推移，网络虐待对W-DVS患者的创伤后应激障碍严重程度有负面影响，因为在控制治疗条件和前一时间点的创伤后应激障碍症状严重程度时，网络虐待预测了五个时间点上创伤后应激障碍严重程度的变化。然而，在控制其他形式的（非网络虐待）亲密伴侣暴力时，网络虐待并不能预测症状严重程度的变化。
尽管从女性在庇护所期间到庇护所后3个月、9个月和15个月，更多的网络虐待与更严重的创伤后应激障碍症状相关，但在考虑总体亲密伴侣暴力时情况并非如此。本研究扩展了我们对网络虐待如何加剧遭受亲密伴侣暴力女性的心理健康后果（包括创伤后应激障碍严重程度）的理解，表明应将网络虐待与其他类型的亲密伴侣暴力一并评估，而不是将其视为一种单独的现象。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2025美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
