“…Traumatic experiences in early life are particularly important to examine; children are disproportionally vulnerable to experience interpersonal trauma in comparison with other age groups (Bosquet Enlow, Blood, & Egeland, ). Early life trauma experiences within or outside the family of origin, including sexual and physical abuse, have been studied extensively and been found to associate with a wide variety of challenges in adulthood (Fergusson, McLeod, & Horwood, ; Hassija, Garvert, & Cloitre, ; van der Kolk, ; Payne et al., ). In recent publications summarizing the findings in this area, scholars have called for improvements in methods and theories to help better explain the mechanisms and processes through which trauma manifests itself later in life including within adult interpersonal relationships (DiLillo, ; Layne, Briggs‐King, & Courtois, ; Monson, Fredman, & Dekel, ).…”