Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2011
Publication Source
Violence and Victims
Abstract
Using a sample of 1,117 female college students, this study examined emotional, behavioral, and social-cognitive mechanisms of sexual abuse revictimization. It was hypothesized that numbing, alexithymia, alcohol problems, mistrust, and adult attachment dimensions would mediate the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and adult sexual abuse (ASA). Aside from the close adult attachment dimension, the results indicated that all of the hypothesized mediators were associated with CSA. However, only alcohol problems and mistrust met the necessary conditions of mediation. The results with respect to mistrust are especially unique in that it is one of the first empirical demonstrations of a social-cognitive mechanism for sexual abuse revictimization. Thus, these results enhance our understanding of interpersonal mediators of the relationship between CSA and ASA and provide a new direction for future research.
Inclusive pages
159-176
ISBN/ISSN
0886-6708
Document Version
Postprint
Copyright
Copyright © 2011, Springer
Publisher
Springer
Volume
26
Issue
2
Peer Reviewed
yes
Keywords
alcohol problems, attachment style, sexual abuse revictimization, trauma symptoms, trust
eCommons Citation
Lutz-Zois, Catherine; Phelps, Carolyn E. Roecker; and Reichle, Adam Charles, "Affective, Behavioral, and Social-Cognitive Dysregulation as Mechanisms for Sexual Abuse Revictimization" (2011). Psychology Faculty Publications. 3.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/psy_fac_pub/3
Comments
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