A number of cross-sectional studies have consistently shown a correlation between
childhood physical maltreatment, perceived social isolation and internalizing symptoms …

Background Previous studies that assessed the mediating role of social support in the
association between childhood adversity and psychological distress based their inferences …

Adults' claims of decades-old child maltreatment raise questions about how to obtain
accurate memories about childhood events. In this study, adults who experienced a …

Recent changes in statutes of limitations for crimes against children permit accusations of
decades-old child sexual abuse to be considered in court. These laws challenge scientists …

Tens of thousands of child sexual abuse (CSA) cases are reported to authorities annually.
Although some of the child victims obtain psychological counseling or therapy, controversy …

The life course perspective, the risky families model, and stress-and-coping models provide
the rationale for assessing the role of smoking as a mediator in the association between …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between child sexual abuse
(CSA) and components related to the CSA experience, betrayal, dissociative amnesia, and …

With increasing frequency, adults are coming forward to allege that they suffered sexual
abuse in childhood. Legitimate questions are then raised in these “historic” cases about …

Little work has tested how emotion regulation (ER) processes influence children's memory
for negative experiences. We investigated how two intrapersonal ER processes (affect …

Objective The aim of this study was to assess the mediating role of dissatisfaction with
friendships in adulthood in the associations between psychological abuse in childhood …