Childhood Violence Exposure on Emotion Regulation and PTSD in Adult Survivors.

Ptsd;Childhood Trauma;Psychology;Social Sciences;Psychology

Kulkarni, Madhur R.Seng, Julia Schwartz S ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Ptsd;    Childhood Trauma;    Psychology;    Social Sciences;    Psychology;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

This dissertation project investigates the long-term impact of childhood violence exposure on adulthood emotion, emotion regulation and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in three studies. Utilizing data collected as part of a larger, ongoing study of risk and resilience factors for post-retirement adjustment for police officers, studies 1 and 2 examine the relationships between childhood victimization, adult trauma exposure, emotion-related processes (self-report and psychophysiological measures), and PTSD, n=142 and n=35 respectively. These two studies found that childhood victimization was related to PTSD severity, negative affect, and lower expectation of negative mood regulation bivarately, but was not always related after entering other confounds.Additionally, childhood victimization was found to moderate the relationship between adulthood trauma exposure and respiratory sinus arhythmia (RSA), but not the relationship between adult trauma exposure and PTSD severity.Psychological and psychophysiological measures of emotion regulation did not mediate the relationship between childhood victimization and PTSD severity.Study 3 data were collected among pregnant women (n=1,259) in the community. This study found that particular forms of childhood exposure were predictive of PTSD caseness, mental health treatment, and coping strategies. Research and clinical implications were also discussed.