The present narrative review examined quantitative and qualitative research on family members who support survivors of trauma or abuse. Studies included in the present review were found in peer-reviewed journal articles, available in English, published between 1980 and 2019, and focused specifically on the experiences of adult familial supporters of adult trauma and abuse survivors. A search of PsychInfo and Google Scholar identified 136 relevant articles, and analysis of their content generated the following categories: individual-level impacts (i.e., quality of psychological health, burden, secondary traumatic stress, quality of physical health, and positive impacts), interpersonal and environmental level impacts (i.e., quality of relationships with survivors, navigating environment, maltreatment and safety, and social impacts), and other experiences (i.e., social roles, needs, coping strategies, and sociocultural context). Findings indicate that the majority of existing studies examined the experiences of family members of adult survivors of military trauma. Results of the review suggest that family supporters of adult trauma and abuse survivors generally experience physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, social, safety, and relational impacts. Implications of review findings and directions for future research are discussed.

本叙述性审查审查了对支持创伤或虐待幸存者的家庭成员的定量和定性研究。本综述中包含的研究发现于 1980 年至 2019 年间发表的经同行评议的期刊文章（英文版），并特别关注成年创伤和虐待幸存者的成年家庭支持者的经历。对 PsychInfo 和 Google Scholar 的搜索确定了 136 篇相关文章，对其内容的分析产生了以下类别：个人层面的影响（即心理健康质量、负担、继发性创伤压力、身体健康质量和积极影响）、人际和环境层面的影响（即与幸存者的关系质量、导航环境、虐待和安全以及社会影响），和其他经历（即社会角色、需求、应对策略和社会文化背景）。调查结果表明，现有的大多数研究都考察了成年军事创伤幸存者的家庭成员的经历。审查结果表明，成年创伤和虐待幸存者的家庭支持者通常会受到身体、情感、认知、行为、社会、安全和人际关系的影响。讨论了审查结果的影响和未来研究的方向。认知、行为、社会、安全和关系影响。讨论了审查结果的影响和未来研究的方向。认知、行为、社会、安全和关系影响。讨论了审查结果的影响和未来研究的方向。