ABSTRACT

Sexual violence is a strong predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Sexual violence survivors presenting for PTSD treatment may experience and express a range of distressing emotions. An extensive body of research guides clinical conceptualization and targeting of fear responses in PTSD treatment. Models to guide clinicians in working with posttraumatic anger, in contrast, are scarce. To address this gap, we: 1) provide a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on sexual violence, anger, and trauma recovery among sexual violence survivors; 2) integrate this literature with social functionalist theories of anger; and 3) discuss implications of this integration for adaptively leveraging anger in psychological treatment.

摘要

性暴力是创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的一个强有力的预测指标。接受 PTSD 治疗的性暴力幸存者可能会经历和表达一系列令人痛苦的情绪。大量的研究指导临床概念化和 PTSD 治疗中恐惧反应的靶向。相比之下，指导临床医生处理创伤后愤怒的模型很少。为了解决这一差距，我们： 1) 回顾性暴力幸存者的性暴力、愤怒和创伤恢复的理论和实证文献；2）将这些文献与愤怒的社会功能主义理论相结合；3) 讨论这种整合对在心理治疗中适应性地利用愤怒的影响。