Sensitivity to betrayal and new intimate relationship building in survivors of intimate partner violence

Betrayal sensitivity is prominent in survivors of IPV, with evidence of a specific link between survivors' relationship satisfaction/status and their lack of trust and ideas of being permanently changed. Those appraisals may make it more challenging to build and maintain satisfactory relationships, or positive relationships may help survivors change their appraisals about betrayal, leading to a lack of trust and life-altering changes.