TY  - JOUR
TI  - Investigation on childhood traumas, anger expressions and psychological resilience of sexual abuse victim mothers and their children
AB  - Objective: The primary purpose of this research is to reveal the relationship between the anger levels and psychological resilience of mothers, who were traumatized by losing their spouses in the Soma mining disaster on May 13, 2014, and victimization of abuse, especially sexual abuse. At the same time, the close relationship between mother-child mental health was examined by examining the relationship between mothers reporting childhood sexual abuse victimization (eight out of 118 women participating in the study who reported childhood and adult sexual abuse) and their children (11 out of 90) childhood sexual abuse, anger expressions, and resilience. It is aimed to determine the connection once again. Methods: Information on mothers’ own childhood sexual abuse histories is based on self-report data given to the sociodemographic data form and interview records from home visits. Data collection tools used in the study consisted of Sociodemographic form, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-33), Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA), Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28), The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI). In this study, relational screening model was used. Results: According to the results of the applied spearman correlation analysis; it was detected that there was a significantly negative relationship between the mothers’ childhood traumas, anger expressions and their children’s childhood traumas, anger expressions. It was also detected that there were significantly positive and negative relationships between the mothers’ resilience and their children’s childhood traumas, anger expressions, resilience, which are compatible with the literature as well.  Conclusion: Results of the study shows mothers’ traumatic life stories cause their children to be exposed to traumatic experiences and negative psychological effects. From another point of view, it is revealed that remedial interventions for parental traumas prevent children from experiencing trauma. Therefore there is a need for research on the importance of protective factors in cases of traumatic experiences in childhood and at other stages of life, and incorporating coping and resilience into different psychotherapy models, and preventive interventions to increase psychological resilience.
AU  - YILMAZ, MAHMUT
AU  - FARAJİ, HAYDEH
PY  - 2022
JO  - Adli Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
SN  - 1018-5275
SP  - 57
EP  - 68
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1109469
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