@article{ref1,
title="The link from child abuse to dissociation: the roles of adult disorganized attachment, self-concept clarity, and reflective functioning",
journal="Journal of trauma and dissociation",
year="2021",
author="Rholes, W. Steven and Paetzold, Ramona L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In this study of 624 adult participants from the general population (i.e., a community sample), we examine adult disorganized attachment, a construct that can  now be measured on a self-report scale, and its linkage between child abuse to  dissociation. Prior research has demonstrated that child abuse is positively  associated with adult disorganized attachment, which in turn is linked to a variety  of externalizing and internalizing behaviors (e.g., depression, anxiety) in  adulthood. Based on the literature regarding self-concept, we further consider that  having an integrated sense of self is crucial in examining how having an adult  disorganized attachment could result in dissociative symptoms. We consider two  measures representing an unintegrated sense of self - self-concept clarity and  reflective functioning - and find that both play a role in moderating the mediating  effects of adult disorganized attachment. Specifically, lower levels of clarity were  associated with higher levels of dissociation in our sample, and reflective  functioning played a more nuanced and complex role in examining moderated mediation  in our sample. Overall, using moderated mediation analysis, we found support for our  hypotheses.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1529-9732",
doi="10.1080/15299732.2020.1869654",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1869654"
}