Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between child maltreatment and psychopathology: A structural equation model

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• 作者：Simone Jennissen^a ; ^{Simone.Jennissen@med.uni-heidelberg.de} ; Julia Holl^b ; Hannah Mai^b ; Sebastian Wolff^b ; Sven Barnow^b
• 关键词：Child maltreatment ; Psychopathology ; Emotion dysregulation ; Negative affect ; Mediation
• 刊名：Child Abuse & Neglect
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：62
• 期：Complete
• 页码：51-62
• 全文大小：542 K
• 卷排序：62

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The present study investigated the mediating effects of emotion dysregulation on the relationship between child maltreatment and psychopathology. An adult sample (N = 701) from diverse backgrounds of psychopathology completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and the negative affect subscale of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) in a cross-sectional online survey. Correlational analyses showed that all types of child maltreatment were uniformly associated with emotion dysregulation, and dimensions of emotion dysregulation were strongly related to psychopathology. Limited access to strategies for emotion regulation emerged as the most powerful predictor. Structural equation modeling analyses revealed that emotion dysregulation partially mediated the relationship between child maltreatment and psychopathology, even after controlling for shared variance with negative affect. These findings emphasize the importance of emotion dysregulation as a possible mediating mechanism in the association between child maltreatment and later psychopathology. Additionally, interventions targeting specific emotion regulation strategies may be effective to reduce psychopathology in victims of child maltreatment.