Transformación tras la adversidad: crecimiento postraumático en sobrevivientes de violencia sexual infantil

• Autores: Lorena Contreras Taibo, Gorka Navarrete, Noemí Pereda Beltrán, Cristian Gustavo Pinto-Cortez
• Localización: Anuario de psicología jurídica, ISSN 1133-0740, Nº. 35, 2025, págs. 79-87
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5093/apj2025a10
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Transformation after adversity: post-traumatic growth in childhood sexual violence survivors
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  • español

    Con el objetivo de describir el crecimiento postraumático en sobrevivientes de violencia sexual infantil en Iberoamérica, se encuestó a 195 hombres y mujeres adultas que reportan violencia sexual en su infancia. Utilizando la regresión lineal múltiple, se identificó el efecto de la fe, los problemas psicosociales y de salud mental, el tipo de violencia sexual y el sexo de los participantes en el crecimiento postraumático. Este se evidencia en sobrevivientes en todas las dimensiones evaluadas, aportando a su predicción el grado de religiosidad (p <.001), los problemas psicosociales y de salud mental (p <.001) y el tipo de violencia sexual (p = .027), aunque no se identifican efectos del sexo (p = .154). Es necesario incorporar el crecimiento postraumático como una dimensión relevante en la intervención terapéutica, ampliando la mirada centrada en el daño, para incorporar los recursos y fortalezas con que cuentan los sobrevivientes.

  • English

    In order to describe post-traumatic growth in survivors of childhood sexual violence in Iberoamerica, 195 adult men and women who reported sexual violence in their childhood were surveyed. Using multiple linear regression, the effect of faith, psychosocial, and mental health problems, type of sexual violence, and gender of participants on post-traumatic growth was identified. Post-traumatic growth is shown in survivors of childhood sexual violence in all the dimensions evaluated, contributing to its prediction the degree of religiosity (p <.001), psychosocial and mental health problems (p <.001) and the type of sexual violence experienced (p = .027), though, no gender effects were identified (p = .154). It is necessary to embed post-traumatic growth as a relevant dimension in the therapeutic intervention, broadening the gaze focused on damage to add survivors’ resources and strengths.

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