Grötsch, Astrid Marie (2023) The Mediating Role of Insecure Attachment Styles and Emotion Dysregulation in Sexual Revictimization. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Research shows childhood maltreatment is associated with adulthood victimization. However, previous studies focused on the relationship between sexual abuse in childhood and adulthood. The current study examined to what extent different forms of childhood maltreatment are related to sexual victimization in adulthood. As parents are frequently perpetrators of childhood maltreatment, children may struggle to form a secure attachment style with their caregivers, resulting in inadequate modeling and emotion regulation skills. The current study investigated the mediating role of insecure attachment styles and emotion dysregulation in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adulthood sexual victimization. Moreover, the relationship between insecure attachment styles and emotion dysregulation was explored. The study was based on cross-sectional data from a multi-wave, multi-session project. Participants represented first-year psychology students (N = 2096, mean age = 19.94) from five Dutch universities and one university in New Zealand. Childhood maltreatment, adult sexual abuse, insecure attachment styles, and emotion dysregulation were examined with questionnaires. Results of the analyses showed that childhood maltreatment and adulthood sexual abuse were significantly correlated. Childhood sexual abuse demonstrated the strongest association with adulthood sexual victimization, while childhood physical abuse showed the weakest relation. There was no mediating effect of insecure attachment styles or emotion dysregulation. Lastly, insecure attachment styles and emotion dysregulation indicated a positive relationship. The study was among the first to explore the mediating effect of both insecure attachment styles and emotion dysregulation. The findings provide support for a positive relationship between these two variables, which had previously been largely theoretical.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Fereidooni, F. and Karsten, J. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2023 12:11 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2023 12:11 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2265 |
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