CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ADULT LIFE SATISFACTION IN A RANDOM ADULT SAMPLE

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 1227 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID ROYSE
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Adult Sample

Childhood Trauma and Adult Life Satisfaction in a Random Adult Sample

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1227-1231 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Royse ◽  
Beth Lewis Rompf ◽  
Surjit S. Dhooper
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Adult Sample

640 randomly selected adults were surveyed about childhood traumatic events and their current life satisfaction. Respondents who had experienced traumatic childhood events rated themselves significantly less satisfied with life and were less likely to be home owners and more likely to live in families with lower incomes than respondents who had not experienced traumatic events (ns ranged from 44 to 232, depending on the items).

scholarly journals Childhood Trauma Is Associated with the Spirituality of Non-Religious Respondents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Kosarkova ◽  
Klara Malinakova ◽  
Zuzana Koncalova ◽  
Peter Tavel ◽  
Jitse P. van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Treatment ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Conversion Experience ◽  
Nationally Representative

Childhood trauma experience (CT) is negatively associated with many aspects of adult life. Religiosity/spirituality (R/S) are often studied as positive coping strategies and could help in the therapeutic process. Evidence on this is lacking for a non-religious environment. The aim of this study was to assess the associations of different types of CT with R/S in the secular conditions of the Czech Republic. A nationally representative sample (n = 1800, mean age = 46.4, SD = 17.4; 48.7% male) of adults participated in the survey. We measured childhood trauma, spirituality, religiosity and conversion experience. We found that four kinds of CT were associated with increased levels of spirituality, with odds ratios (OR) ranging from 1.17 (95% confidence interval 1.03–1.34) to 1.31 (1.18–1.46). Non-religious respondents were more likely to report associations of CT with spirituality. After measuring for different combinations of R/S, each CT was associated with increased chances of being “spiritual but non-religious”, with OR from 1.55 (1.17–2.06) to 2.10 (1.63–2.70). Moreover, converts were more likely to report emotional abuse OR = 1.46 (1.17–1.82) or emotional neglect with OR = 1.42 (1.11–1.82). Our findings show CT is associated with higher levels of spirituality in non-religious respondents. Addressing spiritual needs may contribute to the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatment of the victims.

The fate of traumatic memories in childhood and adulthood

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
SVEN-ÅKE CHRISTIANSON ◽  
TORUN LINDHOLM
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Memory Processes ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Traumatic Memories ◽  
Memory And Trauma ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Emotional Events

The present article addresses issues concerning the complex relation between memory and trauma in childhood and adult life. Research findings showing how children and adults remember public and personal emotional events are presented, and mechanisms functioning to hold traumatic memories back from awareness are discussed. In the final section, developmental aspects are addressed by considering the interplay between child and adult trauma. Several cases are described that show how childhood trauma may be represented in memory and influence later development and adult memory processes.

Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction? Evidence from British Cohort Surveys

2014 ◽  
Vol 124 (580) ◽  
pp. F688-F719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Frijters ◽  
David W. Johnston ◽  
Michael A. Shields
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Adult Life

An investigation of Childhood Trauma in Patients with Panic Disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S109-S109
Author(s):  
S.B. Ölmez ◽  
A. Ataoğlu ◽  
Z. Başar Kocagöz
Keyword(s):  
Panic Disorder ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Psychiatric Disease ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

IntroductionIt is widely known that childhood traumatic life situations are associated with most of the adult life psychiatric disorders such as disassociative disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders and so on.Objectives and aimsThe purpose of this study to examine the relationship between childhood traumatic experiences and panic disorder development.MethodsThe sample of this study consists of 59 outpatients who applied to the department of psychiatry in addition to 61 healthy individuals serving as the control group. These 59 individuals, located within the range of 18 to 65 years, were selected from outpatients who had been diagnosed with panic disorder based on DSM-V diagnosis criteria who did not have any other mental disorder. The 61 healthy individuals in the control group were selected from hospital attendants who had not received any psychiatric diagnosis. The participants were administered the childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ) and a socio-demographic form.ResultsThe participants in the panic disorder group were found to have significantly high scores in comparison to the control group with respect to CTQ subscales (i.e., the emotional neglect and the emotional abuse subscale) and the total CTQ score. Hence, there exists a strong relationship between childhood traumatic experiences and panic disorder development.ConclusionThe results revealed that childhood traumatic experiences play an active role in the development of panic disorder. Moreover, it was found that the type and quality of trauma experienced during the childhood period is one of the predictors for the psychiatric disease that can occur in the future years.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

No Benefit in Seeing a Dark Future?

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Christensen ◽  
Sören Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
The Self ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Risk Of Mortality

Abstract. In their article, Lang, Weiss, Gerstorf, & Wagner, (2013) use the adult life span sample of the national German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to explore functional outcomes of life satisfaction with regard to hazards of mortality. Their findings suggest that “being overly optimistic [in] predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with […] a great risk of mortality within the following decade.” In this short paper, we analyze the same data set using the same model, but, in addition to the self-rated health status in the starting year included in the model by Lang et al. (2013) , we furthermore control for the self-rated health at the target year. With this modification, it turns out that the accuracy of anticipated future life satisfaction has no significant effect on mortality. Two additional analyses underpin this finding.

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