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Awareness for emotional abuse Goldsmith, Rachel E.; Freyd, Jennifer J.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleSeries: Journal of Emotional AbusePublication details: Binghamton, NY Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press 2005ISSN:
  • 1092-6798
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • TRVF 000071
 In: Journal of Emotional Abuse 5(1) 2005 : 95-123Summary: "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
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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