Il concetto di sé e degli altri nei bambini vittime di violenza cronica: il ruolo dell’età e del PTSD

Titolo Rivista MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA
Autori/Curatori Rossella Procaccia, Guido Veronese, Marco Castiglioni
Anno di pubblicazione 2014 Fascicolo 2014/2
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 23 P. 57-79 Dimensione file 108 KB
DOI 10.3280/MAL2014-002004
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La presente ricerca, a carattere esplorativo, si propone di valutare se la violenza cronica moderi l’effetto dell’età sul concetto di sé e degli altri, e se la presenza di stress posttraumatico (PTSD) medi la relazione tra età e tali rappresentazioni. Il gruppo clinico è costituito da 63 bambini vittime di maltrattamento, confrontati con un gruppo di controllo di 63 bambini non vittimizzati, pareggiato per genere, età e livello socio-economico. I risultati suggeriscono che la presenza di esperienze di violenza cronica modera la relazione tra età e concetto di sé e degli altri: nei bambini vittimizzati emerge un senso di sé e degli altri più fragile, ancorato a dimensioni più superficiali e connotato da maggiori emozioni negative (riferite a sé e attribuite agli altri) e da un locus of control instabile, con una centratura sulla dimensione passata e visioni pessimistiche del futuro. Inoltre, la presenza di alti livelli di PTSD media l’effetto dell’età su tali rappresentazioni, soprattutto per la presenza di vissuti negativi rispetto a sé e agli altri, l’espressione di emozioni negative e la scarsa progettualità nel futuro.;

Keywords:Maltrattamento e abuso all’infanzia, rappresentazione di sé e degli altri, PTSD, autocaratterizzazione

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Rossella Procaccia, Guido Veronese, Marco Castiglioni, Il concetto di sé e degli altri nei bambini vittime di violenza cronica: il ruolo dell’età e del PTSD in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 2/2014, pp 57-79, DOI: 10.3280/MAL2014-002004