@article{ref1,
title="Transdiagnostic factors in the COVID-19 pandemic: examining the role of childhood abuse and neglect in establishing latent profiles of risk and resilience",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2024",
author="Lassri, Dana and Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret and Nolte, Tobias",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Ample studies have focused on the negative consequences of COVID-19 on mental well-being, but fewer have explored the specific role of childhood abuse and neglect in the context of risk and resilience during this unprecedented crisis. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: We aimed to identify distinct profiles of individuals based on their experiences of childhood abuse and neglect, coping strategies, and psycho-social transdiagnostic risk and protective factors, using a person-centered approach. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: A convenience sample of 914 Israelis completed self-report questionnaires during the second wave of COVID-19. <br><br>METHODS: Latent Profile Analysis was employed based on levels of childhood abuse and neglect, coping strategies, and established factors underpinning risk and resilience in mental health: dissociation, self-criticism, self-efficacy, self-compassion, attachment insecurity, psychological resilience, mentalizing, distress disclosure, psychopathology, and relationship satisfaction. Profiles were compared in COVID-19-related distress and well-being using ANOVAs. <br><br>RESULTS: A four-profile solution was found to be optimal for describing individuals with different profiles of risk and resilience: &quot;risk&quot; (5.1 %)-individuals with meaningfully high levels of childhood abuse and neglect and dissociation; &quot;vulnerable&quot; (14.2 %)-individuals high in risk factors and low in protective factors; &quot;moderately resilient&quot; (47.6 %)-those with moderate levels of protective and risk factors; &quot;highly resilient&quot; (33.1 %)-individuals high in protective factors and low in risk factors; groups differed in mental well-being and COVID-19-related distress. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Results highlight the importance of childhood abuse and neglect in differentiating between the two distinct profiles of at-risk individuals. Implications for risk assessment and treatment in the context of potential traumatic stress are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106808",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106808"
}