Emotions are different for everyone. Everyone deals with their emotions differently. You are taught different strategies to deal with your emotions from an early age. In addition, you learn from an...Show moreEmotions are different for everyone. Everyone deals with their emotions differently. You are taught different strategies to deal with your emotions from an early age. In addition, you learn from an early age how to deal with various stressful situations. This is often taught by the parents. The way a child is attached to the parent can influence how a child responds to emotions and stressful situations. In this study, it is therefore examined whether the different attachment styles influence the use of different emotion regulation strategies. By means of an online survey it is examined which attachment styles there are and whether there is a connection between the attachment styles and the different emotion regulation strategies. This is done by means of a MANOVA and a calculation of the correlations with a n = 395. The mediational hypothesis had a significant effect on the relationship between attachment styles and the different types of emotion regulation. Here, a significant correlation was also found between different emotion regulation strategies and insecure attachment. The results are consistent with previous findings of an association between insecure attachment and the maladaptive coping strategies. The research may provide new questions about the relationship between the emotion regulation strategy seeking distraction and insecure attachment.Show less
Introduction: While research suggests that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) leads to sexual revictimization in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV), the role of attachment anxiety in this...Show moreIntroduction: While research suggests that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) leads to sexual revictimization in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV), the role of attachment anxiety in this relationship remains unclear. This study tested if there is a moderating relationship. Methods: An online self-report survey was used to measure the severity of CSA, the participants’ attachment styles, and the frequency of sexual revictimization which was measured in the context of IPV. The sample (N=430) was recruited via online platforms and Leiden University. The statistical analyses included a simple linear regression analysis and a moderation analysis that were both performed using PROCESS. Results: The simple linear regression was found to be significant supporting that severe CSA leads to sexual revictimization. However, the moderation model was not supported by the statistical analysis; thus, attachment anxiety does not moderate the relationship between CSA and sexual revictimization. Discussion: The link between CSA and sexual revictimization was again supported. The moderation model should be further explored in future studies after methodological refinement. Future studies should also investigate the role of other moderators, such as anti-bisexual prejudice.Show less
Introduction Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the most common personality disorder in clinical populations. However, many people are undiagnosed yet still possess strong Borderline...Show moreIntroduction Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the most common personality disorder in clinical populations. However, many people are undiagnosed yet still possess strong Borderline personality features that manifest in their daily lives. Previous studies have found that child maltreatment might be a potential risk factor for the development of BPD and BP features. This study investigates whether higher severity of child abuse can predict higher levels of BPD features, as well as the associations between four BP features and four types of abuse. Methods n=454 respondents from a mixed sample (nonclinical and clinical) completed self-report measures of child abuse and Borderline Personality disorder features in an online survey. A simple linear regression analysis was performed in order to test whether higher overall severity of child abuse predicts higher levels of BPD features. Consequently, a correlational analysis was performed in order to investigate the associations between neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse and affective instability, identity diffusion, negative relationships, self-harm. Results & Discussion The analysis revealed that as severity of child abuse increases, levels of Borderline personality features increase as well, suggesting a positive correlation between the two variables. The correlational analysis results supported previous findings in that emotional abuse was the variable with highest positive correlation with BP features. In turn, sexual abuse was the variable with the lowest positive correlations with BP features. No negative correlations were found.Show less
Introduction: Childhood abuse has been found to contribute to the development of psychopathology, including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, there is still further investigation...Show moreIntroduction: Childhood abuse has been found to contribute to the development of psychopathology, including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, there is still further investigation needed in order to get information about the associations of different types of childhood abuse and the development of certain psychopathological features. This study focuses on the correlations of physical childhood abuse (CPA) and emotional childhood abuse (CEA) with impulsivity levels and the role of emotion regulation in this context. Impulsivity has been investigated to be a core feature of BPD. Methods: An online survey collecting self-reported data about childhood abuse experiences, impulsivity levels, and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation resulted in a sample size of n=373. The collected data was analyzed by using hierarchical multiple regression analyses. Results: CPA had a significant positive predicting effect on impulsivity while a significant predicting effect of CEA on impulsivity was not found. Maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation was investigated to have a significant positive predicting effect on impulsivity. Discussion: The findings suggest that CPA predicts higher levels of impulsivity than CEA. Furthermore, a dose-response relationship between CPA and impulsivity was investigated. The association between CPA and impulsivity may be mediated by genetics, gene-environment interactions, observational learning, and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation which need to be investigated in future research.Show less
Childhood maltreatment can result in many psychopathological consequences, including emotional dysregulation, and may increase the use of maladaptive ways of behavioural emotion regulation as...Show moreChildhood maltreatment can result in many psychopathological consequences, including emotional dysregulation, and may increase the use of maladaptive ways of behavioural emotion regulation as opposed to use of adaptive ways. The aim of this study was to observe whether this expected relationship between childhood trauma experiences and maladaptive behavioural emotion regulation was to be found. A self-report instrument (the Behavioural Emotion Regulation Strategies Inventory; BERQ) was used on a sample of 495 participants to measure their responses on experience of childhood trauma and use of behavioural emotion regulation. A simple linear regression revealed that childhood maltreatment and behavioural emotion regulation were positively related. Subsequently, a Spearman correlation showed positive relations between use of maladaptive emotion regulation and experience of more childhood trauma, and negative relations between use of adaptive emotion regulation and experiences of childhood trauma. The findings of this study support the hypothesis of a higher risk of maladaptive use of emotion regulation in response to more childhood maltreatment.Show less
