Ett inre skydd mot traumatisering- en studie om mentalisering, emotionsreglering och integrerat trauma
(2014) PSPT02 20141Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mentalization, emotion dysregulation and extent of resolved trauma in adult participants who have experienced traumatic events during childhood. Based on the theory of mentalization it was anticipated that the ability to reflect upon mental states could help make sense of and integrate the traumatic event in the person’s life history. Further, based on research showing a relationship between childhood trauma and emotion dysregulation, it was hypothesized that a well-functioning emotion regulation ability would contribute to participants’ processing of traumatic experiences. The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was conducted with 23 participants who had experienced at... (More)
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mentalization, emotion dysregulation and extent of resolved trauma in adult participants who have experienced traumatic events during childhood. Based on the theory of mentalization it was anticipated that the ability to reflect upon mental states could help make sense of and integrate the traumatic event in the person’s life history. Further, based on research showing a relationship between childhood trauma and emotion dysregulation, it was hypothesized that a well-functioning emotion regulation ability would contribute to participants’ processing of traumatic experiences. The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was conducted with 23 participants who had experienced at least one traumatic event, such as loss of a caretaker, abuse or neglect before the age of 17. The Unresolved/Disorganized scale of the AAI was used to rate to what extent participants had resolved their main traumatic experiences. The Reflective Functioning Scale (RF-scale) was used to rate participants’ ability to mentalize and emotion regulation ability was investigated using Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). The results supported the hypothesized negative relationship between mentalizing ability and unresolved trauma (r= -0,64, p< 0,01) and positive relationship between emotion dysregulation and unresolved trauma (r= 0,45, p< 0,05). In a regression analysis in which both mentalizing ability and emotion dysregulation were entered as predictors, only mentalizing ability explained a significant part of the variance in the extent to which participants had resolved their trauma (β = -0,55, p < .0,01). (Less)
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- Nilsson, Hanna LU and Tzvetkova, Anna LU
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- organization
- course
- PSPT02 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Mentalization, emotion dysregulation, trauma, Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), Unresolved/Disorganized, Reflective Functioning (RF), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
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- Swedish
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- 4497626
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- 2014-07-01 11:33:15
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abstract = {{The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mentalization, emotion dysregulation and extent of resolved trauma in adult participants who have experienced traumatic events during childhood. Based on the theory of mentalization it was anticipated that the ability to reflect upon mental states could help make sense of and integrate the traumatic event in the person’s life history. Further, based on research showing a relationship between childhood trauma and emotion dysregulation, it was hypothesized that a well-functioning emotion regulation ability would contribute to participants’ processing of traumatic experiences. The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was conducted with 23 participants who had experienced at least one traumatic event, such as loss of a caretaker, abuse or neglect before the age of 17. The Unresolved/Disorganized scale of the AAI was used to rate to what extent participants had resolved their main traumatic experiences. The Reflective Functioning Scale (RF-scale) was used to rate participants’ ability to mentalize and emotion regulation ability was investigated using Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). The results supported the hypothesized negative relationship between mentalizing ability and unresolved trauma (r= -0,64, p< 0,01) and positive relationship between emotion dysregulation and unresolved trauma (r= 0,45, p< 0,05). In a regression analysis in which both mentalizing ability and emotion dysregulation were entered as predictors, only mentalizing ability explained a significant part of the variance in the extent to which participants had resolved their trauma (β = -0,55, p < .0,01).}},
author = {{Nilsson, Hanna and Tzvetkova, Anna}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ett inre skydd mot traumatisering- en studie om mentalisering, emotionsreglering och integrerat trauma}},
year = {{2014}},
}