@article{ref1,
title="Attachment, self-esteem and subjective well-being among survivors of childhood sexual trauma",
journal="Journal of mental health counseling",
year="2017",
author="Barnum, Emily L. and Perrone-McGovern, Kristin M.",
volume="39",
number="1",
pages="39-55",
abstract="The current study is a quantitative exploration of the relationships between attachment security, childhood sexual trauma, sexual self-esteem, and subjective well-being. It was predicted that higher levels of secure attachment, lower presence of childhood sexual trauma and higher levels of sexual self-esteem would contribute to higher levels of subjective well-being. Participants were 213 undergraduate students at a Midwestern university. Theories of attachment (Bowlby, 1973) and well-being (Lent, 2004) provided a framework to guide the hypotheses of the present study. We hypothesized that higher attachment security would be related to higher sexual self-esteem and higher subjective well-being, and that participants who scored higher on a scale measuring childhood sexual trauma would have lower sexual self-esteem and lower subjective well-being. It was found that high levels of attachment security and sexual self-esteem predicted high levels of subjective well-being, whereas presence of childhood sexual trauma predicted lower levels of sexual self-esteem. <br><br>RESULTS from hierarchical regression analyses fully supported the hypotheses of the present study. Future research should analyze possible coping mechanisms that may contribute to subjective well-being restoration as well as coping efficacy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1040-2861",
doi="10.17744/mehc.39.1.04",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.17744/mehc.39.1.04"
}