Child Maltreatment and Cognitive Vulnerabilities: Examining the Link to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Autor/inn/en	Espeleta, Hannah C.; Taylor, Danielle L.; Kraft, Jacob D.; Grant, DeMond M.
Titel	Child Maltreatment and Cognitive Vulnerabilities: Examining the Link to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 69 (2021) 7, S.759-766 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2019.1706538
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; At Risk Persons; Early Experience; Late Adolescents; College Students; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Attention Control; Attention Deficit Disorders; Negative Attitudes; Repetition; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Correlation; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Risikogruppe; Frühbeginn; Halbstarker; Collegestudent; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Negative Fixierung; Wiederholung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation
Abstract	Research attempting to identify pathways from childhood maltreatment to adulthood posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) implicates cognitive vulnerabilities that may increase risk for mental health concerns. The present study examined two cognitive vulnerabilities and their relation to PTSS amongst individuals with and without childhood maltreatment histories: attentional control and repetitive negative thinking (RNT). This research surveyed college students (N = 376) on constructs of interest. Results revealed that attentional control and RNT demonstrated significant indirect effects on PTSS (95% CI =0.0003, 0.0336 and 95% CI =0.0643, 0.1857, respectively). Findings suggest that childhood maltreatment severity was related to decreased attentional control and increased RNT, which were then both related to increased PTSS. Interventions for increasing attentional control and decreasing RNT should be implemented and evaluated for young adults with early adversity currently experiencing PTSS. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01