TY - JOUR
T1 - The cumulative impact of sexual revictimization on emotion regulation difficulties
T2 - An examination of female inmates
AU - Walsh, Kate
AU - DiLillo, David
AU - Scalora, Mario J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article:This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Justice Prison Rape Elimination Act awarded to the last author, M.J.S., and the state of Nebraska.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - The present study examined associations between child sexual abuse (CSA), adult sexual victimization, and emotion regulation difficulties in a sample of 168 incarcerated women. Approximately 50% of the participants reported CSA, 54% reported adult sexual victimization, and 38% reported sexual revictimization (i.e., CSA and adult victimization). Revictimized women reported significantly greater difficulties with several facets of emotion regulation when compared to singly victimized and nonvictimized women. Interestingly, singly victimized women did not demonstrate greater emotion regulation deficits when compared to nonvictims. Findings suggest that the negative impact of victimization experiences on adult emotion regulation abilities may be cumulative. Furthermore, they highlight the potential importance of assessing and targeting emotion regulation difficulties among child abuse and adult sexual victimization survivors.
AB - The present study examined associations between child sexual abuse (CSA), adult sexual victimization, and emotion regulation difficulties in a sample of 168 incarcerated women. Approximately 50% of the participants reported CSA, 54% reported adult sexual victimization, and 38% reported sexual revictimization (i.e., CSA and adult victimization). Revictimized women reported significantly greater difficulties with several facets of emotion regulation when compared to singly victimized and nonvictimized women. Interestingly, singly victimized women did not demonstrate greater emotion regulation deficits when compared to nonvictims. Findings suggest that the negative impact of victimization experiences on adult emotion regulation abilities may be cumulative. Furthermore, they highlight the potential importance of assessing and targeting emotion regulation difficulties among child abuse and adult sexual victimization survivors.
KW - child sexual abuse
KW - emotion dysregulation
KW - female inmates
KW - sexual revictimization
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U2 - 10.1177/1077801211414165
DO - 10.1177/1077801211414165
M3 - Article
C2 - 21727155
AN - SCOPUS:80052810211
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 17
SP - 1103
EP - 1118
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 8
ER -