Posttraumatic Growth and Resilience on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: A Set of Systematic Reviews of Literature

Carolina Botero-García (), Daniela Rocha, María Alejandra Rodríguez and Ana María Rozo
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Carolina Botero-García: Facultad de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 111231, Colombia
Daniela Rocha: Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Instituto de Psicología, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
María Alejandra Rodríguez: Facultad de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 111231, Colombia
Ana María Rozo: Facultad de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 111231, Colombia

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Sexual violence is highly prevalent in sociopolitical conflict contexts. Even though its negative effects are well documented, further research is needed on how community experiences of social growth and rebuilding could positively impact victims of sexual violence in these contexts. As a starting point, we conducted a two-phase systematic review. The first phase focused on the relationships between sociopolitical conflict, sexual violence, and psychological effects or trauma (2010–2017), and, in addition to the deep negative psychological effects, it also found reports of posttraumatic growth in victims. This led to a second phase that related sexual violence in sociopolitical conflict contexts to posttraumatic growth and resilience (2017–2022). We found nine publications documenting experiences of resilience and posttraumatic growth in victims of sexual violence in sociopolitical conflicts. Interestingly, resilience and posttraumatic growth were shown not only in victims but also in communities and new generations, which is relevant to understanding the long-lasting effects of violence in contexts of sociopolitical conflict.

Keywords: posttraumatic growth (PTG); resilience; systematic review; trauma; sexual violence; sociopolitical violence; psychology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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