“…A number of studies have documented evidence that maltreatment during childhood is linked to emotion dysregulation (Flannery, Singer, Williams, & Castro, 1998; Flett, Druckman, Hewitt, & Wekerle, 2012; Maughan & Cicchetti, 2002; Milojevich et al, 2018; O'Mahen, Karl, Moberly, & Fedock, 2015; Perlman et al, 2016; Romens & Pollak, 2012; Shields & Cicchetti, 1998; Shields, Ryan, & Cicchetti, 2001; Thabet, Tischler, & Vostanis, 2004), which in turn increases risk for psychopathology (Burns, Jackson, & Harding, 2010; Kim & Cicchetti, 2010; Kim-Spoon, Cicchetti, & Rogosch, 2013; Messman-Moore & Bhuptani, 2017; Peh et al, 2017). Some studies indicate that maltreated adolescents tend to utilize disengagement strategies such as avoidance or escape more so than nonmaltreated youth (Arslan, 2017; Milojevich et al, 2018). Other studies have found that maltreated individuals tend to have more global deficits in regulation and coping (Filipas & Ullman, 2006), while still others indicate that maltreatment is related to more emotion-focused (e.g., self-blame) regulation (Hager & Runtz, 2012).…”