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Emotion dysregulation and tension-reducing behaviors in college students with a history of child maltreatment

Beidatsch, Aubrey A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133559474

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2005, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Survivors of child maltreatment report higher levels of certain maladaptive behaviors such as deliberate self-harm, bulimic behavior, maladaptive sexual behavior, substance use, and aggression. A functional approach to viewing these behaviors suggests that they serve a purpose; this purpose may be to reduce emotional distress. Maltreatment may impede the development of effective strategies for regulating emotions and without effective internal resources survivors may look to external methods (i.e., tension-reducing behaviors) to cope with emotions. Two hypotheses were examined: (1) maltreatment is linked to tension-reducing behaviors through the intermediary effects of emotion dysregulation; (2) emotion dysregulation predicts tension-reducing behaviors regardless of maltreatment history. Self-report questionnaires assessed all variables in 523 undergraduates. Structural modeling was used to test the proposed relationships. Results indicated a significant relationship between emotional maltreatment and three tension-reducing behaviors (bulimic, aggressive, and sexual behavior) when emotion dysregulation was present, but not a mediational relationship. Further, emotion dysregulation predicted three tension-reducing behaviors regardless of maltreatment history.
Terri Messman-Moore (Advisor)
64 p.

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  • Beidatsch, A. A. (2005). Emotion dysregulation and tension-reducing behaviors in college students with a history of child maltreatment [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133559474

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Beidatsch, Aubrey. Emotion dysregulation and tension-reducing behaviors in college students with a history of child maltreatment. 2005. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133559474.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Beidatsch, Aubrey. "Emotion dysregulation and tension-reducing behaviors in college students with a history of child maltreatment." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133559474

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