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Path to posttraumatic growth: the role of centrality of event, deliberate and intrusive rumination, and self blame in women victims and survivors of intimate partner violence
CC BY 4.0Increased interest in positive changes in the aftermath of traumatic events
led researchers to examine assumptions about the process of posttraumatic
growth (PTG). However, existing studies often use samples from mixed
trauma survivors and investigate separate factors and their associations
with growth. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine
the path from centrality of event to PTG involving intrusive and deliberate
rumination and self-blame as a coping strategy in women survivors of
intimate partner violence (IPV). The study sample consisted of 200 women
with a history of IPV (ages 18–69, M = 44.79, SD = 12.94). Results of the path
analysis indicated that higher centrality of event was related to higher levels of
intrusive rumination which was positively related to self-blame and deliberate
rumination eventually leading to PTG. Indirect effects from centrality of event
to PTG through intrusive and deliberate rumination, and from intrusive to
deliberate rumination through self-blame were examined. This study gave
support to some theoretical assumptions of the process of PTG and pointed
out problematic areas of investigation of coping strategies in this process