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Intra-and interpersonal emotion regulation are altered in individuals with childhood maltreatment: cross-sectional associations and effects on daily life mood

Niedtfeld, Inga ; Schmitz, Sara E. 1; Langenstein, Michelle; Hepp, Johanna
1 Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Background
Childhood maltreatment (CM) is a potent predictor of lifelong emotional and psychological difficulties. We investigated how CM affects intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation (ER) processes and explored the impact of these ER difficulties on daily life mood.

Methods
We explored the CM-ER association in two studies. Data and code are available at https://osf.io/cbkyj/. Study 1 tested pre-registered hypotheses (https://osf.io/2kt35) on the association between CM and self-reported ER difficulties in a web-based sample (N = 553). Study 2 used ecological momentary assessment data (N = 103) to examine how trait-level intra- and interpersonal ER difficulties predict momentary negative mood in pseudo-randomized daily assessments over seven days (3,973 observations), particularly in the context of momentary interpersonal stressors.

Results
We replicated a positive association between CM severity and intrapersonal ER difficulties and revealed differential effects of abuse versus neglect. Additionally, CM was associated with lower use of and more difficulties in interpersonal ER. In exploratory analyses, we found that intrapersonal ER difficulties predicted increased negative mood during interpersonal stressors, while interpersonal ER use showed no significant effects on momentary mood.
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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000183027
Veröffentlicht am 08.07.2025
Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2025
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2051-6673
KITopen-ID: 1000183027
Erschienen in Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
Verlag Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Band 12
Heft 1
Seiten 1-14
Bemerkung zur Veröffentlichung Article number: 23
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 17.06.2025
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