Exposure to Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Borderline Personality Pathology Among Adolescents in Residential Psychiatric Treatment: The Influence of Emotion Dysregulation
Exposure to Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Borderline Personality Pathology Among Adolescents in Residential Psychiatric Treatment: The Influence of Emotion Dysregulation
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DOI：
10.1007/s10578-014-0528-5
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Gratz, Kim L.
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作者：
Buckholdt, Kelly E.;Weiss, Nicole H.;Gratz, Kim L.
青春期遭受暴力是一种非常普遍的现象，与一系列有害后果相关。理论文献表明，情绪失调是遭受暴力的后果之一，与创伤后应激症状（PTSS）和边缘人格（BP）病理表现相关。因此，本研究的目的是以入住精神病院住院治疗中心的 144 名青少年（年龄 10 至 17 岁；51% 男性；55% 非洲裔美国人）为样本，探讨情绪失调在暴力暴露与 PTSS 和 BP 病理之间关系中的中介作用。接触暴力与更大的情绪失调有关，而情绪失调又与更大的 PTSS 和 BP 病理相关。此外，情绪失调介导了暴力暴露与 PTSS 和 BP 病理之间的关联。研究结果表明，在精神科住院治疗中评估和治疗遭受暴力的青少年的情绪失调非常重要。
Exposure to violence during adolescence is a highly prevalent phenomenon associated with a range of deleterious outcomes. Theoretical literature suggests that emotion dysregulation is one consequence of exposure to violence associated with the manifestation of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and borderline personality (BP) pathology. Thus, the goal of the present study was to examine the mediating role of emotion dysregulation in the relation between exposure to violence and both PTSS and BP pathology in a sample of 144 adolescents (age 10- to 17-years; 51 % male; 55 % African American) admitted to a psychiatric residential treatment center. Exposure to violence was associated with greater emotion dysregulation, which, in turn, was associated with greater PTSS and BP pathology. Furthermore, emotion dysregulation mediated the associations between exposure to violence and both PTSS and BP pathology. Findings suggest the importance of assessing and treating emotion dysregulation among violence-exposed adolescents in psychiatric residential treatment.