童年虐待和忽视以及成年人的身体态度
Laura Råman1, Mia Scheffers1, Janet Moeijes1
1School of Human Movement and Education, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, The Netherlands.
European journal of psychotraumatology
|January 8, 2025
概括
童年虐待,包括性虐待和忽视,与更负面的成人身体态度有关. 这些关联在不同性别之间是一致的,突出了早期创伤对身体感知的持久影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
- 身体形象研究研究
背景情况:
- 人体是体验世界的核心,影响痛苦,治疗和心理健康诊断.
- 身体态度,包括体现的情感,认知和行为方面,在临床人群中往往更为负面.
- 了解身体态度对于心理健康研究和治疗至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查成年人身体态度与自我报告的童年虐待和忽视之间的联系.
- 测试关于特定类型的虐待儿童 (性,情感,身体虐待/忽视) 对成人身体态度的差异影响的假设.
- 检查儿童虐待和成人身体态度之间的关系中的性别差异.
主要方法:
- 使用德累斯顿身体形象问卷 (DBIQ-NL) 来评估身体态度.
- 使用童年创伤问卷-简短表格 (CTQ-SF) 来测量童年创伤的严重程度和类型.
- 分析了749名荷兰成年人 (18-77岁) 的数据,使用多重回归模型,专注于中度至严重的童年虐待和忽视.
主要成果:
- 童年性虐待,身体疏忽,情绪虐待和情绪疏忽与更负面的成人身体态度有显著的联系.
- 相反,中度至重度的童年身体虐待与稍微更积极的成人身体态度有关.
- 发现身体态度和童年虐待/忽视之间的关联在两性之间都是相似的,这表明没有显著的适度.
结论:
- 虐待儿童似乎是成年人发展负面身体态度和不良身体体验的先驱.
- 这些发现强调了早期创伤对个人与身体关系的长期心理影响.
- 解决童年创伤的干预措施可能对改善成人身体形象和整体心理健康至关重要.
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