Emotional and Sexual Maltreatment: Anxious Attachment Mediates Psychological Adjustment

Limke, Alicia; Showers, Carolin J.; Zeigler-Hill, Virgil

doi:10.1521/jscp.2010.29.3.347

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Emotional and Sexual Maltreatment: Anxious Attachment Mediates Psychological Adjustment

Limke, Alicia, Showers, Carolin J., Zeigler-Hill, Virgil·2010·Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

DOI 10.1521/jscp.2010.29.3.347

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The role of attachment as a possible mediator of adjustment differences was examined in two samples of college students who had experienced childhood maltreatment before age 15. Although both emotionally and sexually maltreated samples had elevated scores on self-report measures of anxious and avoidant attachment compared to demographically-yoked controls, only anxious attachment mediated deficits in psychological adjustment. Discussion focuses on the possible differential consequences of anxious versus avoidant adult attachment; the implications of partial mediation for the emotionally maltreated sample; and evidence that maltreated samples may utilize coping strategies that range from those that are generally positive or adaptive to those that are sometimes negative or maladaptive.

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Authors: Limke, A., Showers, C. J., & Zeigler-Hill, V.
Affiliations: University of Central Oklahoma (US)
University of Oklahoma (US)
Venue: Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Published: 2010-03
Volume: 29
Issue: 3
Pages: 347-367
ISSN: 0736-7236 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2010.29.3.347
OpenAlex: W2170580376
Cited by: 50
References: 74
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 3.87
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
Aquila Digital Community (University of Southern Mississippi) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords: psychological maltreatment, child abuse, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, psychological adjustment, mediation, university students, coping strategies, maladaptive coping

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