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Child abuse and automatic emotion regulation in children and adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2021

Stephanie Gyuri Kim Open the ORCID record for Stephanie Gyuri Kim [Opens in a new window] ,
David G. Weissman Open the ORCID record for David G. Weissman [Opens in a new window] ,
Margaret A. Sheridan Open the ORCID record for Margaret A. Sheridan [Opens in a new window]  and
Katie A. McLaughlin
Stephanie Gyuri Kim*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
David G. Weissman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Margaret A. Sheridan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Katie A. McLaughlin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Author for Correspondence: Stephanie Gyuri Kim, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138; E-mail: gyurikim@fas.harvard.edu
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Abstract

Child abuse is associated with elevated risk for psychopathology. The current study examined the role of automatic emotion regulation as a potential mechanism linking child abuse with internalizing psychopathology. A sample of 237 youth aged 8–16 years and their caregivers participated. Child abuse severity was assessed by self-report questionnaires, and automatic emotion regulation was assessed using an emotional Stroop task designed to measure adaptation to emotional conflict. A similar task without emotional stimuli was also administered to evaluate whether abuse was uniquely associated with emotion regulation, but not cognitive control applied in a nonemotional context. Internalizing psychopathology was assessed concurrently and at a 2-year longitudinal follow-up. Child abuse severity was associated with lower emotional conflict adaptation but was unrelated to cognitive control. Specifically, the severity of emotional and physical abuse, but not sexual abuse, were associated with lower emotional conflict adaptation. Emotional conflict adaptation was not associated with internalizing psychopathology prospectively. These findings suggest that childhood emotional and physical abuse, in particular, may influence automatic forms of emotion regulation. Future work exploring the socioemotional consequences of altered automatic emotion regulation among youth exposed to child abuse is clearly needed.

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automatic emotion regulationchild abuseemotional abusephysical abuse
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , February 2023 , pp. 157 - 167
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