Awareness for emotional abuse
Goldsmith, Rachel E.
Awareness for emotional abuse Goldsmith, Rachel E.; Freyd, Jennifer J. - Binghamton, NY Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press 2005 - Journal of Emotional Abuse .
Journal of Emotional Abuse 5(1) 2005 : 95-123
"This study investigates links between emotional abuse and emotional awareness. Predictions included a positive correlation between emotional abuse and alexithymia, and that few individuals reporting emotional abuse would self-label as having been abused. Eighty participants completed anonymous, self-report surveys with symptom and trauma inventories. Participants were asked if they were physically, sexually, or emotionally abused (using the word abused); these questions preceded symptom and maltreatment measures. Emotional abuse and neglect were significantly positively correlated with difficulty identifying feelings, even after controlling for participants' depression, anxiety, dissociation, and lifetime trauma. Few subjects self-identified as having been abused, even among those reporting abuse experiences. The results demonstrate a connection between emotional abuse and difficulty identifying emotions. Cognitive, therapeutic, and research implications are discussed."--JOURNAL ABSTRACT
1092-6798
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
TRVF 000071
Awareness for emotional abuse Goldsmith, Rachel E.; Freyd, Jennifer J. - Binghamton, NY Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press 2005 - Journal of Emotional Abuse .
Journal of Emotional Abuse 5(1) 2005 : 95-123
"This study investigates links between emotional abuse and emotional awareness. Predictions included a positive correlation between emotional abuse and alexithymia, and that few individuals reporting emotional abuse would self-label as having been abused. Eighty participants completed anonymous, self-report surveys with symptom and trauma inventories. Participants were asked if they were physically, sexually, or emotionally abused (using the word abused); these questions preceded symptom and maltreatment measures. Emotional abuse and neglect were significantly positively correlated with difficulty identifying feelings, even after controlling for participants' depression, anxiety, dissociation, and lifetime trauma. Few subjects self-identified as having been abused, even among those reporting abuse experiences. The results demonstrate a connection between emotional abuse and difficulty identifying emotions. Cognitive, therapeutic, and research implications are discussed."--JOURNAL ABSTRACT
1092-6798
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EMOTIONAL ABUSE
TRVF 000071