Childhood maltreatment, psychological resilience, and posttraumatic reactions in youth: The roles of positive childhood experiences.

IF 2.7 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy Pub Date : 2025-04-07 DOI:10.1037/tra0001922

Luming Liu, Wenchao Wang, Xinchun Wu

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Abstract

Objective: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is an early risk factor for posttraumatic reactions in youth. Psychological resilience plays a significant role in these processes. However, the role of positive childhood experiences (PCEs) is less known. We aimed to explore how CM and PCEs jointly affect posttraumatic reactions via psychological resilience in young CM survivors.

Method: The participants were 2,669 Chinese youth with CM experiences (53.6% female, 51.2% ≤ 18 years) who completed three-wave assessments over 1 year. We used structural equation modeling to examine the mediating roles of psychological resilience between CM and complex posttraumatic stress symptoms, posttraumatic growth, and posttraumatic depreciation. We also examined the moderating roles of PCEs in the relationship between CM types and psychological resilience.

Results: Psychological resilience mediated the relationship between emotional abuse/PCEs and posttraumatic growth. Moreover, PCEs showed different interactive effects with emotional and sexual abuse on psychological resilience and further influenced posttraumatic growth. With low PCEs, emotional abuse had a positive indirect association with posttraumatic growth. With high PCEs, sexual abuse had a positive indirect association with posttraumatic growth.

Conclusions: CM and PCEs can jointly affect the posttraumatic growth of young CM survivors via psychological resilience. The specific role of PCEs is contingent upon the type of CM. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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童年虐待、心理弹性和青少年创伤后反应：积极童年经历的作用。

目的：儿童虐待（CM）是青少年创伤后反应的早期危险因素。心理弹性在这些过程中起着重要的作用。然而，积极的童年经历（PCEs）的作用却鲜为人知。我们的目的是探讨创伤性心理创伤和pce如何通过心理弹性共同影响创伤后反应的年轻创伤幸存者。方法：参与者为2,669名有CM经历的中国青年（53.6%为女性，51.2%≤18岁），他们在1年内完成了三波评估。我们采用结构方程模型检验心理弹性在创伤后应激症状、创伤后成长和创伤后贬值之间的中介作用。我们还研究了pce在CM类型与心理弹性之间的调节作用。结果：心理弹性在情绪虐待/ pce与创伤后成长之间起中介作用。此外，情绪虐待和性虐待对创伤后心理恢复力有不同的交互作用，并进一步影响创伤后成长。低pce的情绪虐待与创伤后成长呈正相关。在pce高的情况下，性虐待与创伤后成长呈正相关。结论：CM和pce可通过心理弹性共同影响年轻CM幸存者的创伤后成长。pce的具体作用取决于CM的类型。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy Multiple-

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427

期刊介绍： Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy publishes empirical research on the psychological effects of trauma. The journal is intended to be a forum for an interdisciplinary discussion on trauma, blending science, theory, practice, and policy. The journal publishes empirical research on a wide range of trauma-related topics, including: -Psychological treatments and effects -Promotion of education about effects of and treatment for trauma -Assessment and diagnosis of trauma -Pathophysiology of trauma reactions -Health services (delivery of services to trauma populations) -Epidemiological studies and risk factor studies -Neuroimaging studies -Trauma and cultural competence