@article{ref1,
title="Social cognition as mediator of romantic breakup adjustment in young adults who experienced childhood maltreatment",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2020",
author="Brassard, Audrey and Daigneault, Isabelle and Lecomte, Tania and Francoeur, Audrey and Hache-Labelle, Catherine and Lecours, Véronique",
volume="29",
number="9",
pages="1125-1142",
abstract="The current study investigated whether childhood maltreatment and social cognition (emotional regulation, mentalization, causal attributions) are associated with romantic breakup adjustment in youth (resilience, psychiatric symptoms, distress); and whether social cognition mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adjustment to romantic breakup. We assessed childhood maltreatment, social cognition, and romantic breakup adjustment in a sample of 482 university students who experienced a romantic breakup recently. Linear regressions and mediation analyses were computed. Childhood maltreatment was associated with romantic breakup adjustment when mediators were considered (p <.01) and when they were not (p <.01). Only emotional regulation was linked with measures of breakup adjustment (p <.01), while mentalization and personal control demonstrated relationships with resilience (p <.01) and psychiatric symptoms (p <.01; p <.05). Childhood maltreatment was indirectly associated with romantic breakup adjustment through emotional regulation (p <.05). Childhood maltreatment was indirectly associated with psychiatric symptoms through mentalization (p <.05), while childhood maltreatment was indirectly associated with romantic breakup adjustment through self-related mentalization (p <.05). The current study provides further evidence that emotional regulation and mentalization may act as protective factors on romantic breakup adjustment in the context of childhood maltreatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1080/10926771.2019.1603177",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2019.1603177"
}