ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
The association between habitual emotion regulation, childhood adversity, and cluster C personality disorders symptomatology.
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Introduction: The mechanisms linking childhood adversity and cluster C personality disorders (PDs) remain unclear. Available research points to emotion regulation as a possible mechanism. Emotion regulation difficulties are documented in the case of cluster C, but studies focus on strategy implementation, while regulation goals received less attention. This study aimed to examine the associations between childhood adversity, emotion regulation goals and strategies, and cluster C PDs. Furthermore, we explore the moderating role of childhood maltreatment in the association between emotion regulation and cluster C. Methods: This cross-sectional study employs a sample of 141 adults from the Romanian community (aged 18-55 years; Results: Main analyses suggest significant associations between avoidant PD and total QUIC scores ( Conclusion: Findings highlight the increased use of instrumental goals, suppression, situation selection, selective attention (which could entail disengagement from emotions), and reduced use of reappraisal. Taking the interplay between childhood adversities and emotion regulation difficulties in the case of cluster C into account could expand future literature, which may contribute to the improvement of assessment, prevention, and intervention efforts for cluster C symptoms, especially when exposure to childhood adversities is present.
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