Child Abuse & Neglect ( IF 4.863 ) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 , DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106197 Katie Schultz 1 , Elizabeth Taylor 2 , Sherise McKinney 3 , Sherry Hamby 4
Background
Identifying factors that support healthy psychological functioning after experiencing violence or other adversities in youth can lead to better prevention and intervention efforts. This is particularly important among communities with disproportionately high rates of adversity resulting from legacies of social and political injustices, such as American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
Methods
Data were pooled from four studies in the southern U.S. to examine a subsample of American Indian/Alaska Native participants (N = 147; mean age 28.54 years, SD = 16.3). Using the resilience portfolio model, we investigate the impact of three categories of psychosocial strengths (regulatory, meaning making, and interpersonal) on psychological functioning (subjective well-being and trauma symptoms), controlling for youth victimization, lifetime adversities, age, and gender.
Results
In examining subjective well-being, the full model accounted for 52 % of the variance, with strengths explaining more variance than adversities (45 % vs 6 %). For trauma symptoms, the full model accounted for 28 % of the variance, with strengths and adversities accounting nearly equally for the variance (14 % and 13 %).
Discussion
Psychological endurance and sense of purpose showed the most promise for bolstering subjective well-being while poly-strengths (having a diversity of multiple strengths) was most predictive of fewer trauma symptoms. Building psychosocial strengths offers promising strategies for prevention and intervention in Native nations and communities.
中文翻译:
探索南部四个州的美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民的优势、心理功能和青年受害情况
背景
确定在青年经历暴力或其他逆境后支持健康心理功能的因素可以导致更好的预防和干预工作。这在因社会和政治不公正的遗留问题而导致逆境发生率过高的社区中尤为重要,例如美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民。
方法
数据来自美国南部的四项研究,以检查美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民参与者的子样本(N = 147;平均年龄 28.54 岁,SD = 16.3)。使用复原力组合模型,我们调查了三类心理社会优势(监管、意义创造和人际关系)对心理功能(主观幸福感和创伤症状)的影响,控制了青年受害、一生的逆境、年龄和性别.
结果
在检查主观幸福感时,完整模型占方差的 52%,优势比逆境解释更多方差(45% 对 6%)。对于创伤症状,完整模型占方差的 28%,优势和逆境对方差的影响几乎相等(14% 和 13%)。
讨论
心理耐力和目标感最有希望增强主观幸福感,而多重优势(具有多种优势)最能预测较少的创伤症状。建立社会心理优势为土著民族和社区的预防和干预提供了有前途的策略。