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Maltreatment in Childhood and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Adult Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Daily Diary and Longitudinal Study

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Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier, Rosen, Natalie O., Péloquin, Katherine, Bergeron, Sophie·2023·Child Maltreatment
DOI 10.1177/10775595211057230PMC PMC9806463
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This study examined the associations between childhood maltreatment (CM) and the mean-level of perceived partner responsiveness (PPR; the extent to which individuals feel cared for, understood, and validated by their partner) over 35 days, the day-to-day variability in PPR, and the initial levels and trajectories of PPR over 1 year in community couples. Both members of 228 couples completed a self-reported measure of CM and provided daily reports of PPR over 35 days and retrospective reports of PPR at three time points over 1 year. A person’s greater CM was related to a lower mean level of PPR over 35 days and to a lower initial level of their own PPR. A person’s sexual abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect had an effect over and above other forms of CM in these associations. A person’s greater CM was also related to higher day-to-day variability in their own and their partner’s PPR, and a person’s greater emotional neglect was associated with a sharper decrease over time in their own PPR. These findings provide a more fine-grained understanding of how CM may affect the perceptions of being cared about, accepted, and validated by a partner on a daily basis and over time.

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  • Men's CEA and CEN were significantly related to their partner's higher sexual distress, but not to their partner's sexual satisfaction and sexual function (Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2021).

    “men’s CEA and CEN were significantly related to their partner’s higher sexual distress, but they were not significantly related to their partner’s sexual satisfaction and sexual function (Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2021)”

    From Partner Effects of Childhood Maltreatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024) · cites this paper as Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2021

    The Childhood Maltreatment section discusses sexual difficulties and dissatisfaction generally, while the Discussion reports findings about perceived partner responsiveness. Neither gives the claimed comparison between men's childhood emotional abuse or neglect and their partners' sexual distress, satisfaction, and function. Searches for those terms found no passage reporting the claimed significant and nonsignificant associations; our copy lists a separate 2021 sexual-well-being study in its References, but does not state its results. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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  • Women's CEA was significantly related to their partner's lower sexual function, but not to their partner's sexual satisfaction and sexual distress (Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2021).

    “Women’s CEA was significantly related to their partner’s lower sexual function, but it was not significantly related to their partner’s sexual satisfaction and sexual distress (Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2021)”

    From Partner Effects of Childhood Maltreatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024) · cites this paper as Vaillancourt-Morel et al., 2021

    The Childhood Maltreatment and Perceived Partner Responsiveness section discusses partners’ sexual satisfaction in general, but does not report results for women’s childhood emotional abuse (CEA), partners’ sexual function, or sexual distress. Searches for those specific outcomes found no passage establishing the claimed pattern of significant and nonsignificant associations. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Rosen, N. O., Péloquin, K., & Bergeron, S.
Affiliations
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Dalhousie University (CA)
  • Université de Montréal (CA)
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Venue
Child Maltreatment
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2021-12-05
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
163-175
ISSN
  • 1077-5595 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-6119
DOI
10.1177/10775595211057230
PMC
PMC9806463
OpenAlex
W4200100323
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15
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8
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2026: 6 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1
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Language
en
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  • Child Maltreatment (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DalSpace (Dalhousie University) (submittedVersion)
  • Le dépôt institutionnel (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) (submittedVersion)
  • Papyrus : Institutional Repository (Université de Montréal) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (435-2016-0668)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Keywords
child abuse, perceived partner responsiveness, romantic relationships, sexual abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, day-to-day variability, couple relationships, longitudinal trajectories
MeSH terms
Adult, Emotions, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Longitudinal Studies, Retrospective Studies, Sexual Partners, Self Report

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