TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Social cognition as mediator of romantic breakup adjustment in young adults who experienced childhood maltreatment
JO  - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma
A1  - Brassard, Audrey
A1  - Daigneault, Isabelle
A1  - Lecomte, Tania
A1  - Francoeur, Audrey
A1  - Hache-Labelle, Catherine
A1  - Lecours, Véronique
SP  - 1125
EP  - 1142
VL  - 29
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1092-6771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2019.1603177
ID  - ref1
ER  -