Myroniuk Myroniuk, Solomiia (2022) Childhood maltreatment and emotion dynamic processes. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
Childhood maltreatment (CM) is experienced by ~40% of all children at major personal and societal costs. Studies show its adverse consequences on emotional functioning and regulation. However, the distinctive effect of the five types of CM is often omitted, and the outline of emotion dynamic patterns in adults with history of CM is understudied. In this master thesis, I conduct an explorative study on the effect of the five types of CM on five emotion dynamic measures using Ecologically Momentary Assessment (EMA) of emotions and explore whether social contact frequency moderated these relationships. I used a subset of HowNutsAreTheDutch (HND) crowdsourcing study (N=290). CM was measured retrospectively using Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), and emotions and social contact were reported three times a day for 30 days in a diary study. Physical abuse (PA) was the only type of CM not associated with emotion dynamics measures. We could distinguish specific pattern in abuse and neglect. Furthermore, emotional abuse (EA), sexual abuse (SA), and physical neglect (PN) were all associated mostly with negative emotions, whereas emotional neglect (EN) relates primarily to positive emotion dynamics measures. Differences in high and low arousal were also observed. Social contact frequency did not moderate the associations between emotion dynamics and CM. The study's results suggest that each CM type underlines different emotional processes in adulthood with implications for theory and practice.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Jeronimus, B.F. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Lifespan Development and Socialization [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2022 07:16 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2022 07:16 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/922 |
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