ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2021
Linking experiences of child sexual abuse to adult sexual intimate partner violence: the role of borderline personality features, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation, and dissociation.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy variants for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Pooled it
- The Relations Among Childhood Maltreatment and Later Intimate Partner Violence Victimization With and Without a Weapon in a Sample of Pregnant Black Individuals.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- The Impacts of Lifetime Violence on Women's Current Sexual Health.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Psychological Factors Linked to Intimate Partner Violence and Childhood Maltreatment: On Dissociation as a Possible Bridge Symptom.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
- Risk Factors for Sexual Revictimization and Dating Violence in Young Adults with a History of Child Sexual Abuse.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Dissociation, trauma, and borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2022Article
- Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder: Recent Experimental, Neurobiological Studies, and Implications for Future Research and Treatment.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Stimulating research on childhood adversities, borderline personality disorder, and complex post-traumatic stress disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundChild sexual abuse (CSA) has been linked to a higher risk of sexual re-victimization, including sexual intimate partner violence (IPV). The aim of this study was to investigate whether borderline personality disorder (BPD) features, dissociation, and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation mediate the link between self-reported CSA severity and sexual IPV. Specifically, we were interested in the unique effect of each mediator variable, when accounting for the effect of the other variables.
methodsData was assessed in a cross-sectional anonymous online survey, posted on platforms for people affected by domestic violence, and research platforms of Leiden University. Overall, n = 633 participants completed the survey (including n = 100 participants with CSA and n = 345 reporting at least one incidence of sexual IPV). Multivariate regression analyses and path-analytical modelling were performed for hypothesis testing.
resultsAdult sexual IPV was predicted by more severe CSA, more severe BPD features, higher dissociation, and more maladaptive emotion regulation. Each mediator variable showed a significant effect in the separate mediation models. In the overall model, only dissociation and maladaptive emotion regulation, but not BPD features, mediated the association between CSA and sexual IPV.
conclusionsFindings add to the existing literature, suggesting that CSA severity, BPD features, dissociation, and maladaptive emotion regulation are important risk factors for sexual IPV. Given the cross-sectional correlational design of our study, prospective studies are needed to corroborate our findings regarding potential psychological mechanisms underlying sexual re-victimization. Ultimately, this can help developing interventions aimed at breaking the cycle of abuse.
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