Don’t get too close to me: depressed and non-depressed survivors of child maltreatment prefer larger comfortable interpersonal distances towards strangers
| العنوان: | Don’t get too close to me: depressed and non-depressed survivors of child maltreatment prefer larger comfortable interpersonal distances towards strangers |
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| المؤلفون: | Lüönd, Antonia M., Wolfensberger, Lukas, Wingenbach, Tanja S. H., Schnyder, Ulrich, Weilenmann, Sonja, Pfaltz, Monique C. |
| المصدر: | European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 13(1) |
| الوصف: | Background: Childhood maltreatment (CM) is frequently linked to interpersonal problemssuch as difficulties in social relationships, loneliness, and isolation. These difficulties mightpartly stem from troubles regulating comfortable interpersonal distance (CIPD).Objective: We experimentally investigated whether CM manifests in larger CIPD and whetherall subtypes of CM (i.e., physical, emotional, or sexual abuse and physical or emotional neglect)affect CIPD.Methods: Using the stop-distance method (i.e. a team member approached participants untilthe latter indicated discomfort), we assessed CIPD in 84 adults with a self-reported history ofCM (24 with depressive symptoms) and 57 adult controls without a history of CM (withoutdepressive symptoms).Results: Adults with CM showed a larger CIPD (Mdn = 86 cm) than controls (Mdn = 68 cm), andCIPD was largest for those with CM combined with current depressive symptoms (Mdn =145 cm) (p’s < .047). In the latter group, all subtypes of CM were associated with a largerCIPD compared to controls (p’s < .045). In the CM group without depressive symptoms, onlythose with emotional abuse (p = .040) showed a larger CIPD than controls.Conclusions: These results add to findings of differential socio-emotional long-termconsequences of CM, depending upon the subtype of CM. Future research should explorewhether a larger CIPD has a negative impact on social functioning in individuals exposed toCM, particularly in those with depressive symptoms. |
| وصف الملف: | electronic |
| URL الوصول: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-45112 https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2022.2066457 https://miun.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1663248/FULLTEXT01.pdf |
| قاعدة البيانات: | SwePub |
PDF full text from Publisher | تدمد: | 20008198 20008066 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/20008198.2022.2066457 |