Ensink, K;
Fonagy, P;
Normandin, L;
Rozenberg, A;
Marquez, C;
Godbout, N;
Boreli, JL;
(2021)
Post-traumatic stress disorder in sexually abused children: secure attachment as a protective factor.
Frontiers in Psychology
, Article 646680. 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646680.
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that attachment and CSA interacted such that school aged CSA survivors with insecure attachment to parents would be at an elevated risk of developing PTSD and trauma symptoms. Participants (n = 111, ages 7-12) comprised two groups, child CSA survivors (n = 43) and a matched comparison group of children (n = 68) recruited from the community. Children completed the Child Attachment Interview as well as the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC). There was a significant interaction between sexual abuse history and attachment security, such that sexually abused children with insecure attachment representations had significantly more PTSD and trauma symptoms than sexually abused children with secure attachment to parents. The findings show that using a dual lens of attachment and CSA can facilitate identification children most at risk have important implications for understanding risk and resilience processes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Post-traumatic stress disorder in sexually abused children: secure attachment as a protective factor |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646680 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646680 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 Ensink, Fonagy, Normandin, Rozenberg, Marquez, Godbout and Borelli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Keywords: | Attachment, childhood sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, middle childhood |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10125653 |
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