Childhood Maltreatment, Intervening Variables, and Adult Psychological Difficulties in Women

Abstract

This article reviews the complex relationship between child maltreatment and later psychosocial difficulties among adult women. Specifically addressed are (a) the various forms of childhood maltreatment, (b) the range of potential long-term psychological outcomes, and (c) important contextual variables that mediate or add to these maltreatment-symptom relationships. Among the latter are characteristics of the abuse and/or neglect; effects of impaired parental functioning; premaltreatment and postmaltreatment psychobiology; qualities of the parent-child attachment; abuse and/or neglect-related affect dysregulation that may lead to further symptomatology; the extent to which the child responds with significant emotional or behavioral avoidance; and whether later traumas are also present. Also relevant are sociocultural contributors to both child maltreatment and maltreatment effects, especially poverty and marginalization. Clinical and research implications are considered.

The mediating effect of depressive symptoms on the relationship between bullying victimization and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: Findings from community and inpatient mental health settings in Ontario, Canada

“…This corroborates many past studies that have also found the debilitating effect of childhood abuse and its relationship to internalizing and externalizing behavior problems including NSSI (Brausch and Holaday, 2015;Gratz, 2006;Smith et al, 2014). Scholars have tried to explain the underlying mechanisms by which childhood abuse may relate to long-term emotional dysfunction and have observed that adolescents with a history of childhood abuse are likely to have trouble regulating their affect and emotions and experience a sense of insecurity (Briere and Jordan, 2009), which consequently leads to NSSI (Santangelo et al, 2016).…”

Suvoktas Smurto Patyrimas, Emocijų Reguliacija Ir Somatiniai Sunkumai Ankstyvojoje Paauglystėje

“…Žmonės, dažniau naudojantys situacijos pervertinimą, lengviau įveikia stresą keliančius išgyvenimus ir sėkmingiau pagerina savo nuotaiką, tuo tarpu emocijas slopinantys individai patiria mažiau teigiamo afekto ir mažiau sėkmingai geba pagerinti savo nuotaiką (8,9). Randasi tyrimų, rodančių, kad smurto patyrimas vaikystėje siejasi prastesniais emocijų reguliacijos gebėjimų ir neefektyvių emocijų reguliacijos strategijų naudojimu suaugystėje (10)(11)(12), tačiau mažiau žinoma apie šiuos ryšius ankstyvosios paauglystės amžiuje, kai emociniai ir kognityviniai paauglystės pokyčiai dar tik prasideda. Skirtingi tyrimai rodo, kad prasta emocijų reguliacija vienaip ar kitaip siejasi su skirtingais psichikos sveikatos sunkumais (3).…”

Les femmes qui agressent sexuellement en compagnie de leur conjoint : trajectoires de vie

“…Cependant, il y a tout lieu de penser qu'un processus indirect se produirait. En effet, les victimes de victimisations fréquentes pendant l'enfance souffrent de conséquences négatives cognitives, affectives et relationnelles sur le long terme (Briere et Jordan, 2009). Il est donc probable que l'enfance des codélinquantes, à travers les expériences de négligence et la qualité des relations avec les parents, et notamment avec la mère, ait joué un rôle dans le développement de leurs difficultés personnelles, sociales et émotionnelles.…”