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Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Adult Vulnerability to PTSD: The Mediating Effects of Attachment and Dissociation

Twaite, James A., Rodriguez-Srednicki, Ofelia·2004·Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
DOI 10.1300/j070v13n01_02
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Two hundred and eighty-four adults from the metropolitan New York area reported on their history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), childhood physical abuse (CPA), and on the nature of their exposure to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The respondents also completed the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R), the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES). Those reporting histories of CSA and/or CPA were found to endorse more serious symptoms of PTSD, as did those who witnessed the terrorist attack live. The presence of secure attachments and dissociative symptoms were related significantly to both CSA and CPA, and to scores on the IES-R. Adult attachment and dissociation were found to mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and severity of PTSD.

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  • Child maltreatment impacts interpersonal functioning and is related to insecure attachment in children, adolescents, and adults.

    “Furthermore, child maltreatment impacts interpersonal functioning and is related to insecure attachment in children [6], adolescents [7], and adults [8].”

    From Get secure soon: attachment in abused adolescents and young adults before and after trauma-focused cognitive processing therapy. (2021) · cites this paper as [8]

  • Attachment style is a mediating and moderating variable between childhood exposure to trauma and psychiatric distress.

    “attachment style has shown to be a mediating ( Roche et al., 1999 ; Shapiro and Levendosky, 1999 ; Twaite and Rodriguez-Srednicki, 2004 ; Sandberg et al., 2010 ) and moderating ( Sandberg, 2010 ; Scott and Babcock, 2010 ) variable between childhood exposure to trauma and psychiatric distress.”

    From The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders (2022) · cites this paper as Twaite and Rodriguez-Srednicki, 2004

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Authors
Twaite, J. A., & Rodriguez-Srednicki, O.
Affiliations
  • Team Neurodynamics (United States) (US)
  • Montclair State University (US)
Venue
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2004-08-13
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
17-38
ISSN
  • 1053-8712 (ISSN-L)
  • 1547-0679
DOI
10.1300/j070v13n01_02
OpenAlex
W2125746085
Cited by
132
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 8
FWCI
2.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Child Sexual Abuse (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, adult attachment, dissociation, secure attachment, mediation, World Trade Center attacks, trauma exposure, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, Dissociative Experiences Scale
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual, Dissociative Disorders, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, New York City, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Time Factors, Multivariate Analysis, Survivors, Terrorism

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