Psychological growth in relation to intimate partner violence A review》.pdf

AVB-00935; No of Pages 7 Aggression and Violent Behavior xxx (2015) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Aggression and Violent Behavior Psychological growth in relation to intimate partner violence: A review Emilio C. Ulloa a,⁎, Julia F. Hammett a, Monica L. Guzman a, Audrey Hokoda b a Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, United States b Department of Child and Family Development, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Although negative consequences resulting from the experience of traumatic events have been widely studied in Received 15 April 2014 the academic literature, only recently have researchers begun to examine positive outcomes associated with Received in revised form 9 July 2015 trauma. Psychological growth, including posttraumatic growth (PTG), resilience, and positive adjustment, has Accepted 15 July 2015 been found to occur in the aftermath of a variety of stressful circumstances. However, it is unclear how psycho- Available online xxxx logical growth specifically relates to intimate partner violence (IPV). The current study provides an empirical re- Keywords: view of the literature on psychological growth that is associated with IPV victimization. Results indicate that Intimate partner violence