TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between traumatic exposure and aggression in healthy young women
AU - Miles, Shannon R.
AU - Tharp, Andra Teten
AU - Stanford, Matthew S.
AU - Sharp, Carla
AU - Menefee, Deleene
AU - Kent, Thomas A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors report no financial conflicts of interest. This material is based upon work supported (or supported in part) by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, the South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (SCMIRECC), the Traumatic Brain Injury, Center of Excellence, and the Houston VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (CIN13-413), Houston TX. The funding sources had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication. The views expressed, findings, and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the South Central MIRECC, Baylor College of Medicine, or the United States government.
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PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Research has linked trauma-sequelae, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, to aggression. However, not all who experience a trauma become violent, suggesting non-trauma factors, such as emotion dysregulation, influence aggression expression and if confirmed, may influence treatment approaches. Aggression can be considered a multifaceted construct with Impulsive Aggression (IA) as emotional, reactive, and uncontrolled and Premeditated Aggression (PA) as deliberate, planned, and instrumental. We hypothesized that parceling apart IA and PA may further refine predictors of aggression in the context of trauma exposure. We tested this hypothesis in undergraduate women (. N=. 208) who completed trauma, emotion, and aggression measures. Path analysis indicated that Borderline Features, including emotion dysregulation, mediated the relationship between trauma exposure and IA and PA. The finding extends clinical literature by providing evidence that emotion dysregulation influences both IA and PA in a non-clinical sample, while clinical sample research shows emotion dysregulation more specifically mediated the relationship between trauma and IA. Factors responsible for these differences are discussed.
AB - Research has linked trauma-sequelae, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, to aggression. However, not all who experience a trauma become violent, suggesting non-trauma factors, such as emotion dysregulation, influence aggression expression and if confirmed, may influence treatment approaches. Aggression can be considered a multifaceted construct with Impulsive Aggression (IA) as emotional, reactive, and uncontrolled and Premeditated Aggression (PA) as deliberate, planned, and instrumental. We hypothesized that parceling apart IA and PA may further refine predictors of aggression in the context of trauma exposure. We tested this hypothesis in undergraduate women (. N=. 208) who completed trauma, emotion, and aggression measures. Path analysis indicated that Borderline Features, including emotion dysregulation, mediated the relationship between trauma exposure and IA and PA. The finding extends clinical literature by providing evidence that emotion dysregulation influences both IA and PA in a non-clinical sample, while clinical sample research shows emotion dysregulation more specifically mediated the relationship between trauma and IA. Factors responsible for these differences are discussed.
KW - Emotion dysregulation
KW - Impulsive aggression
KW - Premeditated aggression
KW - Trauma exposure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.058
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.058
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922619240
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 76
SP - 222
EP - 227
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -