Child maltreatment, lifetime trauma, and mental health in Swiss older survivors of enforced child welfare practices: Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem and self-compassion

Thoma, Myriam V.; Bernays, Florence; Eising, Carla M.; Maercker, Andreas; Rohner, Shauna L.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104925

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“…• D1: Self-loathing or self viewed as irreparably damaged and defective • D2: Attachment insecurity and disorganization • D3: Betrayal-based relational schemas • D4: Reactive verbal or physical aggression • D5: Impaired psychological boundaries • D6: Impaired interpersonal empathy • D6: Impaired interpersonal empathy Traumatic victimization is relevant for DTD based on its profound effects on children's neurodevelopment, relationships, learning, and health (D'Andrea et al, 2012;Teicher & Samson, 2016). When multiple forms of victimization occur (i.e., polyvictimization), the sequelae often are complex and can persist for decades (Thoma et al, 2021) and intergenerationally (Greene et al, 2020). Interpersonal victimization in childhood has also been associated with and predictive of the risk for disruption in attachment (Lim et al, 2020).…”

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“…Traumatic victimization is relevant for DTD based on its profound effects on children's neurodevelopment, relationships, learning, and health (D'Andrea et al., 2012 ; Teicher & Samson, 2016 ). When multiple forms of victimization occur (i.e., polyvictimization), the sequelae often are complex and can persist for decades (Thoma et al., 2021 ) and intergenerationally (Greene et al., 2020 ). Interpersonal victimization in childhood has also been associated with and predictive of the risk for disruption in attachment (Lim et al., 2020 ).…”

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Developmental Trauma Disorder: A Legacy of Attachment Trauma in Victimized Children

Spinazzola¹,

Kolk

Ford

2021

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Developmental trauma disorder (DTD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been found to have both shared and unique traumatic antecedents. The present study was an independent replication, with the DTD Structured Interview and the Traumatic Events Screening Instrument administered to 271 children in mental health treatment in six U.S. sites. On an unadjusted basis, DTD (27.3% prevalence, N = 74) and PTSD (40.2% prevalence, N = 109) both were associated with traumatic physical assault or abuse, family violence, emotional abuse, caregiver separation or impairment, and polyvictimization. After controlling for PTSD, DTD was associated emotional abuse, OR = 2.9, 95% CI [1.19, 6.95], and traumatic separation from a primary caregiver, OR = 2.2, 95% CI [1.04. 4.60], both of which also were associated with caregiver impairment, physical assault/abuse, and witnessing family/community violence. Three traumatic antecedents associated with PTSD were not associated with DTD: noninterpersonal trauma, sexual trauma, and traumatic loss. Children exposed to both traumatic victimization and attachment trauma (36.2%) or attachment trauma alone (32.5%) were more likely than children exposed only to victimization (17.5%) or those with no history of victimization or attachment trauma (8.1%) to meet the symptom criteria for DTD, χ²(3, N = 271) = 17.68, p < .001. Study findings replicate and extend prior DTD field trial study results, showing that, although PTSD and DTD share traumatic antecedents, DTD is uniquely associated with traumatic emotional abuse and caregiver separation. Further research is needed to examine how specific trauma types contribute to the risk, course, and severity of DTD.

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Developmental Trauma Disorder: A Legacy of Attachment Trauma in Victimized Children

Spinazzola¹,

Kolk

Ford

2021

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…The environment of the children's domicile is the first and the primary place to illustrate the children's personality development. Wrong parenting style, abandoned children, and domestic violence will affect the mental health during adolescence, especially in their selfesteem [15], [21]. Therefore, the parents' behavior as the representation of the parents' mental conditions will form self-esteem in adolescents.…”

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The Influence of Parenting and Friendship on Self-Esteem in Adolescents

Sugiarti

Erlangga

Purwaningtyastuti

et al. 2021

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Studies in psychology often discuss adolescents with their strong self-esteem as individuals who know themselves. Self-esteem development in adolescents. These adolescents begin to understand the changes of personality development starting from the cognitive aspect or thoughts, emotion, feeling, social, and physical aspects. AIM: This study consistently aimed at finding comprehensive evidence that positive parenting and friendship affect self-esteem in adolescents. METHODS: The population of this study was adolescents, namely 173 senior high school students consisting of 72 males and 100 females who were involved and participated in this study. The data analysis, in this study, was the 2 predictors for linear regression analysis. RESULTS: The results showed that parenting and friendship simultaneously influenced self-esteem formation in adolescents. Partially, the result of this study also showed that parenting affected self-esteem formation in adolescents. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, friendship showed a significant effect on self-esteem formation in adolescents. Thus, the hypotheses in this study were accepted.

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“…These findings were expected on the basis of previous studies with younger samples (e.g., Greeson et al, 2011;Lewis et al, 2021;Rapsey et al, 2019) and further corroborate the notion that complex trauma exposure in childhood and/ or adolescence can depict a lifelong burden that can reach into later life. Regarding the related study by Thoma et al (2021) on mental health disparities in survivors of CSMP and controls, the groups from these two studies partially overlap and the results go into the same direction in the understanding of child maltreatment. Taken together, the overall findings suggest a high mental health burden of older individuals with a CSMP history, which becomes even more apparent when complex trauma constellations are considered.…”

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Associations Between Complex Trauma Exposure in Childhood/Adolescence and Psychopathology in Older Age: The Role of Stress Coping and Coping Self-Perception

Pfluger

Rohner

Eising

et al. 2021

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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Complex trauma exposure in childhood and/or adolescence is common and has repeatedly been linked to mental ill-health across the lifespan. While the correlates of complex trauma and mental health are well-studied in individuals up to middle adulthood, correlates in older adulthood, as well as potential mediators of this relationship, such as stress coping, are insufficiently studied. Therefore, this study aimed to (a) examine the mental health of Swiss older adults affected by complex trauma exposure in childhood and/or adolescence, in comparison to non-affected individuals; and (b) to examine the potential mediating role of coping strategies and coping self-perception. Data from N = 257 participants (complex trauma [CT] group: n = 161; Mage = 69.66 years, 48.4% female; non-complex trauma [nCT] group: n = 96; Mage = 72.49 years, 42.7% female) were assessed using self-report questionnaires and a clinical interview. The CT group presented with significantly more current and lifetime mental health disorders, more disadvantageous coping strategies, and significantly lower coping self-perception, compared to the nCT group. Mediation analyses revealed that maladaptive coping and coping self-perception were relevant mediators of the relationship between complex trauma exposure and psychopathology. Results suggest that complex trauma exposure in childhood and/or adolescence can have a lasting impact on mental health in later life and can be negatively associated with stress coping. Findings emphasize the relevance of a lifespan perspective in research and clinical practice for addressing consequences of complex trauma exposure.

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Child maltreatment, lifetime trauma, and mental health in Swiss older survivors of enforced child welfare practices: Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem and self-compassion

Cited by 37 publications

References 56 publications

Developmental Trauma Disorder: A Legacy of Attachment Trauma in Victimized Children

Developmental Trauma Disorder: A Legacy of Attachment Trauma in Victimized Children

The Influence of Parenting and Friendship on Self-Esteem in Adolescents

Associations Between Complex Trauma Exposure in Childhood/Adolescence and Psychopathology in Older Age: The Role of Stress Coping and Coping Self-Perception

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