Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Adult Sexual Satisfaction: Mediation by Affect Dysregulation and Sexual Anxiety in Men and Women

Bigras, Noémie; Daspe, Marie‐Ève; Godbout, Natacha; Briere, John; Sabourin, Stéphane

doi:10.1080/0092623x.2016.1176609

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“…These results along with those of other researchers highlight a phenomenon described as cumulative childhood trauma (CCT; Cloitre et al 2009;Hodges et al 2013), which refers to the accumulation of several types of interpersonal trauma sustained during childhood such as physical, psychological, or sexual maltreatment. The high rates of childhood revictimization and co-occurrence between different types of trauma are particularly alarming, since CCT is associated with a more severe and complex symptomatology than single traumatic experience (Bigras et al 2017;Briere et al 2010). CCT takes place within an interpersonal context; it is committed by a human being and typically within a significant relationship.…”

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Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Couple Satisfaction: Examining the Mediating Role of Mindfulness

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Objectives Cumulative childhood trauma (CCT) survivors are at a higher risk of suffering from interpersonal problems including couple dissatisfaction. Dispositional mindfulness is increasingly proposed as a potential explanatory mechanism of posttraumatic symptomatology and has been documented as a predictor of couple satisfaction. Most authors operationalize mindfulness as a multidimensional disposition comprised of five facets (i.e., Describing, Observing, Non-judgment of inner experiences, Non-reactivity, and Acting with awareness), but the role of these facets in the link between CCT and couple satisfaction has yet to be understood. This study aimed to assess mindfulness as a potential mediator in the relationship between CCT and couple satisfaction and to examine the distinctive contributions of mindfulness facets in this mediation. Methods A sample of 330 participants from the community completed measures of couple satisfaction, mindfulness, and exposure to eight types of childhood maltreatment experiences. Results Path analysis results revealed that mindfulness mediated the relationship between CCT and couple satisfaction. More precisely, two mindfulness facets acted as specific mediators, namely, Describing and Non-judgment of inner experiences. The final integrative model explained 14% (p < .001) of the variance in couple satisfaction. Conclusions Findings suggest that mindfulness may be a meaningful mechanism in the link between CCT and couple satisfaction. They also highlight that description of inner experiences and a non-judgmental attitude of these experiences may act as key components to understand the influence of CCT on adults' lower couple satisfaction.

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“…This contraction of the vagina muscles and lack of adequate moisture in female makes it extremely difficult for them to engage in vaginal ingestion, which causes severe pain, lack of orgasm, and failure in sexual function. This defeat for female means sexual incompetence and makes it possible to avoid sexual intercourse in order to avoid this painful experience that can become a permanent cycle (Bigras, Daspe, Godbout, Briere, & Sabourin, 2017;Lin, Huang, & Chu, 2017); (Bigras, Godbout, & Briere, 2015;Bradford & Meston, 2006;Brassard, Dupuy, Bergeron, & Shaver, 2015;De Lucena & Abdo, 2014;Purdon & Watson, 2011;Van Minnen & Kampman, 2000;Watts & Nettle, 2010).…”

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Female Sexual Functioning, Self-genital Image and Sexual Anxiety: Mediating Role of Awareness the Moment

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Samavi²,

dastbas³

2018

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<p>In recent years, female sexuality has been considered an important component of woman's health, that it may be related to various factors. The aim of this study was test a model of awareness the moment as a mediator of the relationship between sexual anxiety and genital self-image to sexual function. We collected data from 300 heterosexual women that completed the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), the Five Fact Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the Multidimensional Sexual Self- Concept Questionnaire (MSSCQ), and the Female Genital Self- Image scale (FGSI). Structural equation modeling was used. The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between the genital self- image and the sexual function, and between the sexual anxiety and sexual function. Also, the genital self- image and sexual anxiety had relationship with the awareness the moment separately. Structural equation model revealed a significant relationship between the genital self- image with sexual function through the awareness the moment; and between the sexual anxiety and sexual function through the awareness the moment. Therefore, the better sexual function can occur by more positive genital self- image. Also, we found awareness the moment can mediate the relationship between sexual anxiety and sexual function. </p>

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“…The RTE score was used to represent CT in the present study, as it has in other research (e.g., Bigras, Daspe, Godbout, Briere, & Sabourin, 2016;Briere et al, 2016). This variable is a form of cumulative risk (CR; see Appleyard, Egeland, Dulmen, & Sroufe, 2005) that is widely used in epidemiological research.…”

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Acute Stress Symptoms in Seriously Injured Patients: Precipitating Versus Cumulative Trauma and the Contribution of Peritraumatic Distress

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The relationship between type of trauma exposure, cumulative trauma, peritraumatic distress, and subsequent acute stress disorder (ASD) symptoms was examined prospectively in 96 individuals presenting with acute medical injuries to a Level 1 emergency/trauma department. Common precipitating traumas included motor vehicle related events, stabbings, shootings, and physical assaults. At 2 to 3 weeks follow-up, 22.9% of participants had developed ASD. Univariate analysis revealed no relationship between type of precipitating trauma and ASD symptoms, whereas robust path analysis indicated direct effects of gender, lifetime cumulative trauma exposure, and peritraumatic distress, accounting for 23.1% of the variance in ASD symptoms. Peritraumatic distress did not mediate the association between cumulative trauma and symptoms, but did mediate the association between gender and symptomatology. These results suggest that ASD may be more due to cumulative trauma exposure than the nature of the precipitating trauma, but that cumulative trauma does not exert its primary effect by increasing peritraumatic distress to the most recent trauma.

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Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Adult Sexual Satisfaction: Mediation by Affect Dysregulation and Sexual Anxiety in Men and Women

Cited by 58 publications

References 70 publications

Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Couple Satisfaction: Examining the Mediating Role of Mindfulness

Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Couple Satisfaction: Examining the Mediating Role of Mindfulness

Female Sexual Functioning, Self-genital Image and Sexual Anxiety: Mediating Role of Awareness the Moment

Acute Stress Symptoms in Seriously Injured Patients: Precipitating Versus Cumulative Trauma and the Contribution of Peritraumatic Distress

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