How to Find Resilience after a Traumatic Domestic Violence?

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[...] Then, my third and final objective is found whether a resilient mindset can help one overcome the pain of domestic violence. Table Summarising Key Empirical or Theory-Driven Papers that Constitute the Important Previous Literature in this Area Author(s) Title Source Samples Findings Balice, G., Aquino, S., Baer, S., Behar, M., Belur, A., Flitter, J., Howard, T., Laracy, N., Mirzad, F., Patanian, R. and Quintero, E A review of barriers to treating domestic violence for Middle Eastern women living in the United States. [...]

[...] Additionally, recent research has begun to analyse the pathways that lead to good trauma healing and how they might be strengthened (Dowling et al., 2018). According to Balice et al. (2019)., there are several ways to respond to traumatic situations based on the degree of psychological preparedness. It has been suggested by the authors that the ability of a person to cope with a potentially traumatic experience is dependent on a mix of personal and environmental variables in their definition of a spectrum of responses to a potentially traumatic incident, MacDonald et al. [...]

[...] How to Find Resilience after a Traumatic Domestic Violence? Description of the Research Question or Topic of Interest This work is a great opportunity to explore an area that is debated more every day in the media, but that required a deeper psychological analysis to understand causes and to provide keys for wellbeing relief. Domestic violence, the traumas that it causes and how we deal with them in our today's life is a relevant subject since, according to UN Women, this kind of violence increased during the pandemic of COVID-19. [...]

[...] Considering the degree of psychological preparedness, the mix of personal and environmental variables (Ragavan et al MacDonald et al.2017) the research shows that resilience is a key capability to overcome trauma. Thought, my research, I could find that there are indeed mechanisms that boost resilience to overcome traumas. The capacity to focus on specific aspects of oneself rather than on the detrimental influence and disruption that traumatic (Dowling et al., 2018), the capacity to control emotions (Hegarty et al., 2016), the optimistic self-perception, and the vital need of social support after a traumatic incident are the main resilience aspects that support the overcoming of traumas such as domestic violence. [...]

[...] As defined by Ragavan et al. (2019)., distress-improvement occurs when a person experience increased discomfort before a potentially traumatic occurrence and a significant reduction in discomfort after the traumatic experience. In accordance with Balice et al. (2019), various risk and resilience variables work together to increase or decrease the likelihood of a certain post-traumatic outcome. Certain characteristics of potentially traumatic events' long-term implications remain consistent over time, whilst others are influenced by the environment or setting in which the encounter occurs. [...]