Varia R, Abidin R R, Dass P
Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 1996 Jun;20(6):511-26. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00033-6.
The present study examined perceptions of abuse (psychological, physical, and sexual) and later adult psychological and social adjustment in a nonclinical sample of 173 individuals. A subgroup of abused individuals were identified (Minimizers), who reported levels of abuse above the mean, but failed to acknowledge themselves as abused. Analyses of variance revealed that abused individuals, both Acknowledgers and Minimizers, consistently had more psychological and social adjustment problems than the Nonabused group. In addition, individuals who fell in the Minimizing subgroup had more detrimental outcome than the Abused (Acknowledgers) group in a few areas, suggesting that the perception of past events (abuse) may be an important factor in determining future psychological adjustment.
本研究调查了173名非临床样本个体对虐待（心理、身体和性虐待）的认知以及成年后的心理和社会适应情况。确定了一个受虐个体亚组（淡化者），他们报告的虐待程度高于平均水平，但不承认自己受过虐待。方差分析显示，无论是承认受虐者还是淡化者，受虐个体比未受虐组始终存在更多的心理和社会适应问题。此外，淡化亚组的个体在一些方面的结果比受虐（承认受虐者）组更不利，这表明对过去事件（虐待）的认知可能是决定未来心理适应的一个重要因素。
