@article{ref1,
title="Coping, emotion regulation, and self-blame as mediators of sexual abuse and psychological symptoms in adult sexual assault",
journal="Journal of child sexual abuse",
year="2014",
author="Ullman, Sarah E. and Peter-Hagene, Liana C. and Relyea, Mark",
volume="23",
number="1",
pages="74-93",
abstract="This study examined whether coping, emotion regulation, and self-blame mediate relationships of trauma histories with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in adult sexual assault victims (N = 1863). A path analysis showed that theorized mediators partially mediated associations between trauma history variables and psychological symptoms. Specifically, child sexual abuse severity was related to greater post-traumatic stress disorder and depression indirectly through maladaptive coping and decreased emotion regulation but not self-blame. Other traumas had direct relationships with symptoms and partially mediated effects through maladaptive coping and emotion regulation. Child sexual abuse was unrelated to self-blame, but other traumas were related to greater self-blame. Results differed according to whether women had counseling post-assault. Implications are drawn for future research and clinical treatment of adult sexual assault victims.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-8712",
doi="10.1080/10538712.2014.864747",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2014.864747"
}