ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2020
Dimensions of childhood trauma and their direct and indirect links to PTSD, impaired control over drinking, and alcohol-related-problems.
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- The Role of Perceived Stress in the Relation between Childhood Maltreatment and Severity of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Mediation Analysis.European addiction research · 2024Article
- Sex and Gender Differences in Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD.Current addiction reports · 2023Article
- Influence of childhood trauma, HIV infection, alcohol use disorder, and resilience on health-related quality of life in adulthood.Journal of psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Symptoms of posttraumatic stress partially mediate the relationship between gender-based violence and alcohol misuse among South African women.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- Do Coping Motives and Perceived Impaired Control Mediate the Indirect Links from Childhood Trauma Facets to Alcohol-Related Problems?Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Does loneliness before the age of twelve indirectly affect impaired control over drinking, alcohol use, and problems through perceived stress?Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) develops after experiencing events that evoke fear, helplessness, or horror. The Hyperarousablity Hypothesis suggests that those with PTSD may drink more to dampen physiological reactivity. We examined the direct and indirect relationships between childhood trauma (e.g., physical-neglect, emotional-abuse, physical-abuse, sexual-abuse) versus an emotionally-supportive-family on PTSD, impaired control over drinking (IC), alcohol-use, and alcohol-related-problems. IC reflects consuming more alcohol than one originally intended.
methodsWe fit a multiple-group SEM to data on 835 participants. Mediational analyses were conducted by using the (K = 20,000) bootstrap technique with confidence intervals.
resultsPhysical-neglect was directly linked to more IC among both genders. Emotional abuse was also found to be directly linked to more PTSD among both genders. Furthermore, PTSD was directly linked to more impaired control over alcohol use (IC) among both genders. Mediational analyses showed that physical-neglect was indirectly linked to more alcohol-related-problems through increased IC. Having an emotionally supportive family was directly linked to fewer PTSD symptoms among women. For both genders, emotional abuse was indirectly linked to more alcohol-related-problems through more PTSD symptoms, impaired control over alcohol use difficulties, and in turn, more alcohol-use. Sexual abuse was indirectly linked to increased alcohol-related- problems through increased PTSD symptoms and more IC, and in turn, more alcohol-use among men.
conclusionsRecalled childhood trauma (sexual and emotional abuse) may contribute to PTSD symptoms and dysregulated drinking. In conclusion, our data suggest that reducing PTSD symptoms may assist individuals in regaining control over their drinking.
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