Dissociation mediates the relationship between sexual abuse and child psychological difficulties

Ensink, Karin; Berthelot, Nicolas; Bégin, Michaël; Maheux, Julie; Normandin, Lina

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.04.017

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“…Nearly all studies reported that children will experience mental health challenges either immediately after the abuse or later in life. Other outcomes of abuse that were commonly reported were dissociative symptoms (Collin-Vézina et al, 2013;Ensink et al, 2017;Hébert et al, 2013;Tejada & Linder, 2018), and emotion regulation challenges (Amédée et al, 2019;Langevin et al, 2016;Tejada & Linder, 2018). Additionally, functional somatic symptoms (FSSs) were mentioned in two articles (Bonvanie et al, 2015;Sigurdardottir & Hallorsdottir, 2018).…”

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Deconstructing Mainstream Discourses of Child and Youth Development as It Connects to Sexualized Violence Against Children

Lindner

Kakuru

2022

IJCYFS

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This article reviews literature on survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) who were preschool-aged when the abuse occurred, and applies critical discourse analysis to reveal power relations within this field of research. Utilizing themes of narrative theory, this article demonstrates how the current discourse has promoted a single story of developmental trajectories marred by entrenched deficits. The reviewed literature often utilized definitive language in describing a narrative of damage that not all survivors identify with. We critically examine this narrative as an expression of power that risks misrepresenting a large group of people. Additionally, we recommend that future research promote a discourse of multiple stories in which survivors have agency to author their own stories.

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Deconstructing Mainstream Discourses of Child and Youth Development as It Connects to Sexualized Violence Against Children

Lindner

Kakuru

2022

IJCYFS

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“…Sample items included “Child does not remember or denies traumatic or painful experiences that are known to have occurred,” “Child goes into a daze or trance-like state at times or often appears ‘spaced out’.” For each child, a sum score of all items was computed (possible range = 0–40). CDC has demonstrated good internal consistency and test-retest reliability in both community and maltreated samples of young children (Ensink et al, 2017; Putnam et al, 1993). The Cronbach’s α was .90 in the current sample.…”

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“…Although most children do not demonstrate clinically significant dissociation, symptoms in this domain can impact the growth of self-regulation and socialized behaviors that characterize normative development in early childhood. Dissociative symptoms have been related to risk for both internalizing and externalizing symptoms (Ensink et al, 2017; Silvern & Griese, 2012), and such risk may unfold through multiple pathways. For instance, one of the developmental tasks in early childhood is to grow awareness of and be able to differentiate one’s own emotional states.…”

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Exposure to Parental Aggression and the Development of Psychopathology in Young Children: The Mediating Role of Early Dissociative Symptoms

Zhang

Gatzke‐Kopp

2020

J Interpers Violence

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Exposure to child-directed parental aggression in early life has been found to increase the risk of later psychopathological symptoms among children and adolescents. However, little is known about intermediate phenotypes and the developmental progression of symptoms, especially across the transition to grade school. Using prospectively collected longitudinal data from a large sample of children enrolled in the Family Life Project ( n = 1,166, 49.7% female), the current study examined the mediating role of early dissociative symptoms in the relations between parental aggression and children’s psychopathological symptoms. Children’s exposure to parental aggression and their dissociative symptoms before school entry were assessed based on primary caregivers’ reports. Teacher ratings of children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms were collected in pre-kindergarten as well as in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th grades. Results showed that dissociative symptoms before school entry partially mediated the association between parental aggression and persistent externalizing symptoms in school years. However, no significant associations were found between parental aggression or dissociative symptoms and internalizing symptoms. Findings suggest that dissociative symptoms manifested early in life serve as a mediating mechanism and indicator of risk for persistent impulsivity and behavioral problems. Thus, these symptoms could be an important target of preventive services provided to children with adverse experiences in their families.

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“…En la actualidad está bien documentada la asociación entre el trastorno de identidad disociativa y el abuso infantil (Onostre, 2011). Ensink, Berthelot, Bégin, Maheux y Normandin (2017), en su trabajo plantearon que los niños que sufren abuso sexual, expresan con mayor frecuencia síntomas disociativos vinculados a los efectos neurobiológicos del trauma.…”

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Consecuencias del maltrato infantil en un hospital de Maracaibo-Venezuela

Fernández

Farina

Fernández

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Dissociation mediates the relationship between sexual abuse and child psychological difficulties

Cited by 15 publications

References 50 publications

Deconstructing Mainstream Discourses of Child and Youth Development as It Connects to Sexualized Violence Against Children

Deconstructing Mainstream Discourses of Child and Youth Development as It Connects to Sexualized Violence Against Children

Exposure to Parental Aggression and the Development of Psychopathology in Young Children: The Mediating Role of Early Dissociative Symptoms

Consecuencias del maltrato infantil en un hospital de Maracaibo-Venezuela

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