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Title: | Interpersonal and social functioning among psychotherapy patients: The indirect effect of childhood adversity. |
Authors: | Aafjes-Van Doorn, Katie McCollum, James Silberschatz, George Kealy, David Snyder, John 0000-0003-2584-5897 |
Keywords: | pathogenic beliefs patients’ recollections adverse parenting in childhood adult interpersonal problems self-worth |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Citation: | Aafjes-Van Doorn, K., McCollum, J., Silberschatz, G., Kealy, D., & Snyder, J. (2021). Interpersonal and social functioning among psychotherapy patients: The indirect effect of childhood adversity. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 209(10), 747–752. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001373 |
Series/Report no.: | The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease;209(10) |
Abstract: | This study examined the mediating role of pathogenic beliefs on the relationship between patients’ recollections of experienced adverse parenting in childhood and adult interpersonal and social problems. A total of 210 psychotherapy outpatients rated their experiences of perceived adverse parenting in childhood and completed measures of psychological distress, interpersonal problems and social impairment, and internalized beliefs about self and others. Significant mediation effects were observed for two of the three belief domains: “cannot rely on others” and “undeserving.” Although both were significant mediators between adverse parenting and symptom distress, only “cannot rely on others” was a significant mediator predicting interpersonal problems, and only “undeserving” was a significant mediator predicting impaired social functioning. Thus, patients' underlying convictions regarding their self-worth seem to play a role in the ability to develop social roles, whereas the beliefs about the steadfastness of others play an important role in the capacity for interpersonal relating. |
Description: | Scholarly article |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001373 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9324 |
ISSN: | ISSN: 0022-3018 ; Online ISSN: 1539-736X |
Appears in Collections: | Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology: Faculty Publications |
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