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Mediating and Moderating Processes in the Relation between Maltreatment and Psychopathology: Mother-Child Relationship Quality and Emotion Regulation
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The present study investigated underlying processes of the effect of maltreatment on psychopathology (i.e., internalizing and externalizing problems) in a group of 111 maltreated and 110 nonmaltreated 7-10 year-old children (60% boys). We tested the moderating and/or mediating roles of emotion regulation and the mother-child relationship quality (pattern of relatedness) using Structural Equation Modeling. Emotion regulation, but not the pattern of relatedness, mediated the relation between maltreatment and psychopathology. This mediation was moderated by the pattern of relatedness: For the group of children with an insecure pattern of relatedness, maltreatment was related to lower levels of emotion regulation, which was predictive of higher levels of internalizing and externalizing symptomatology. In contrast, for the secure relatedness group, there was no mediation by emotion regulation since the impact of maltreatment on emotion regulation was not significant. Implications of the mediating role of emotion regulation and the buffering role of the mother-child relationship quality were discussed.
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“The mechanisms from insecure attachment to the development of psychopathology are not well understood; however, pathways through emotion dysregulation (Alink et al. 2009) and social cognition (Venta et al. 2017) have been shown in maltreated children and adolescents.”
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- Authors
- Alink, L. R. A., Cicchetti, D., Kim, J., & Rogosch, F. A.
- Affiliations
- Leiden University (NL)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alink, Lenneke R. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Published
- 2009-03-20
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 831-843
- ISSN
- 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2835
- PMC
- PMC2708329
- OpenAlex
- W2007041763
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 100
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- FWCI
- 11.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Keywords
- child abuse, psychopathology, emotion regulation, mother-child relationship quality, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, mediation, moderation, insecure attachment, early childhood, buffering effect
- MeSH terms
- Analysis of Variance, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Abuse, Emotions, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Mother-Child Relations, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Urban Population
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