Cumulative interpersonal childhood adversity and post-traumatic stress symptoms across heterosexual, cisgender and gender and sexually diverse adolescents: The mediating role of emotion regulation

Individuals in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment have shown high levels of difficulty with emotion regulation, as well as a high prevalence of reported trauma and symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS). Dissociation from the body is a common clinical experience among women with a history of sexual trauma. Research has shown promising effects of mind-body approaches in SUD treatment, as well as the importance of emotional regulation in conceptual models of psychopathology. The current study examines the mediating role of bodily dissociation and emotion regulation on PTS symptoms in a sample of women enrolled in substance use disorder treatment. Results indicate that bodily dissociation and emotion regulation had significant direct effects on PTS symptoms from baseline to a 6-month follow-up, and that bodily dissociation also may indirectly operate to reduce PTS symptoms through its effect on emotion regulation difficulties. These results suggest the importance of addressing bodily dissociation and emotion regulation difficulties in women's substance use disorder treatment.

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Childhood emotional abuse and posttraumatic stress symptoms in women: the mediating role of mindfulness

10.33921/hbdy2203 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 105-116

Author(s):

Stéphanie Laforte ◽

Caroline Dugal ◽

Claude Bélanger ◽

Natacha Godbout

Keyword(s):

Traumatic Stress ◽

Emotional Abuse ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

Post Traumatic ◽

Childhood Emotional Abuse ◽

The Relationship

More than one-third of adults report having experienced emotional abuse in childhood, which is one of the most common interpersonal traumas. Although survivors of interpersonal trauma are at risk of developing post-traumatic stress symptoms, few studies have specifically examined the links between childhood emotional abuse and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in adulthood. Recent studies highlight the role of mindfulness as a key variable in understanding how interpersonal traumas can be associated with long-term post-traumatic stress symptoms (Godbout, Dion, & Bigras, 2016). The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of mindfulness in the relationship between emotional abuse in childhood and post- traumatic stress symptoms. The sample consisted of 354 women from the community who responded to self -reported online questionnaires. The results of multiple regression analyses show that the relationship between emotional abuse in childhood and symptoms of post-traumatic stress is explained by a decrease in mindfulness capacities. Overall, the results highlight the role of mindfulness as a mechanism partially explaining the impacts of interpersonal traumas in childhood.

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Type D personality and post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents – the mediating role of resilience

Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii ◽

10.5114/ppn.2019.92485 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 241-256

Author(s):

Nina Ogińska-Bulik ◽

Paulina Michalska

Keyword(s):

Traumatic Stress ◽

Type D Personality ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Type D ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

Post Traumatic

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Attachment and post-traumatic stress in victims of interpersonal trauma: The mediating role of emotion-focused coping

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407519876989 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 667-675

Author(s):

Gabrial T. Anderson ◽

Spee Kosloff

Keyword(s):

Traumatic Stress ◽

Negative Emotion ◽

Interpersonal Trauma ◽

Attachment Anxiety ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

Attachment Avoidance ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Stress Symptoms ◽

Post Traumatic

Two studies examined whether negative emotion-focused coping accounts for associations between attachment insecurity and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS). Victims of physical or sexual assault ( N Study1 = 71; N Study2 = 250) completed measures of attachment, negative emotion-focused coping, and PTS. Associations between attachment-avoidance and PTS were mediated by suppressive emotion-focused coping, and associations between attachment-anxiety and PTS were mediated by ruminative emotion-focused coping. Results replicated across two independent samples, but also supported a generalized view of the mediating processes involved.

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