TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Coping, emotion regulation, and self-blame as mediators of sexual abuse and psychological symptoms in adult sexual assault
JO  - Journal of child sexual abuse
A1  - Ullman, Sarah E.
A1  - Peter-Hagene, Liana C.
A1  - Relyea, Mark
SP  - 74
EP  - 93
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1053-8712
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2014.864747
ID  - ref1
ER  -