TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Childhood emotional maltreatment and subsequent affective symptoms among Chinese male drug users: the roles of impulsivity and psychological resilience
JO  - Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy
A1  - Cao, Hongjian
A1  - Meng, Haoran
A1  - Geng, Xiaomin
A1  - Lin, Xinyi
A1  - Zhang, Yanfang
A1  - Yan, Lili
A1  - Fang, Shixin
A1  - Zhu, Lei
A1  - Wu, Lulu
A1  - Wu, Qinglu
A1  - Liu, Hongyu
A1  - Zhou, Nan
A1  - Zhang, Jintao
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) has been widely linked to later affective symptoms. What still remains inadequately understood are the potential nuanced differences in the consequences of childhood emotional abuse (CEM-A) versus childhood emotional neglect (CEM-N) and the implicated mechanisms. Research with non-Western, clinical samples also remains scarce. Thus, we examined the associations of CEM-A and CEM-N with later affective symptoms among Chinese male drug users and tested impulsivity and psychological resilience as potential mediators and moderators. <br><br>METHOD: Structural equation modeling analyses were conducted with survey data obtained from 239 Chinese male adult drug users who were in a rehabilitation center. <br><br>RESULTS: The mediating rather than the moderating hypotheses were supported. CEM-A was found to be positively associated with subsequent depressive and anxious symptoms through a positive association with impulsivity. In contrast, CEM-N was positively associated only with subsequent depressive symptoms via a negative association with psychological resilience. In addition, CEM-A was also found to be directly associated with later depressive and anxious symptoms. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: CEM may pose a threat to later affective well-being partly through contributing to intrapersonal vulnerabilities as well as compromising intrapersonal strengths. Differentiating CEM-A and CEM-N appears to be critical for revealing the understudied specificity and nuance that may be inherently within such effects. Drug use treatment services should sensitively attend to the affective sequelae of CEM. Interventions targeted at the modification of impulsivity and the facilitation of psychological resilience may be effective in diminishing the affective consequences of CEM among drug users. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1942-9681
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001283
ID  - ref1
ER  -