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Aleksandra A. Buzina
Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Insult as a highly traumatic situation for a personality
Buzina A.A. Insult as a highly traumatic situation for a personality. Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, 2020, vol. 26, № 2, pp. 63-67 (In Russ.). DOI 10.34216/2073-1426-2020-26-2-63-67
DOI: 10.34216/2073-1426-2020-26-2-63-67
УДК: 159.9.072
Publish date: 2020-03-08
Annotation: The article presents the results of a theoretical study dedicated to situation of insult that causes serious consequences for the human psyche. Insult is a negative impact of an emotional nature that degrades a person. In the scholarly literature it is considered to be a premeditated, intentional, purposeful type of emotional abuse. Insult is of latent nature; it does not result in actual physical insult for the victim’s body, but often precedes or accompanies other forms of abuse (physical, sexual). This feature of insult complicates the study of this phenomenon significantly. Insult is a stressor of high intensity; it threats the psychological well-being and integrity of a personality. Humiliation, especially systematic, affects a person’s self-esteem negatively, contributes to its victimisation and social isolation. The main characteristics of the insult such as anthropogenicity, activity, awareness, contextual dependence are given. This article presents analysis of differences of the insult from the other, passive, and sometimes unconscious by the aggressor type of emotional abuse – from neglect. Features of experiencing of insult by people of different ages and in various relationships (parent-child, partner, professional) are noted. Particular attention is paid to the study of the psychological consequences of insult, including posttraumatic stress, some mental disorders and significant damage to a person’s self-esteem, his self-image.
Keywords: insult, emotional abuse, stressors of high intensity, traumatic events, psychological consequences of insult, posttraumatic stress.
Funding and acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project 19-013-00011A
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Author's info: Aleksandra A. Buzina, ORCID 0000-0001-8114-1443, post-graduate student, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia E-mail: super-alex@mail.ru