Alterations in reward and emotional processing differentiate among adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: Implications for substance use behaviors.
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: = 242; 31.9%) marked by normative levels of reward processing but high emotional pain and experiential avoidance and low distress tolerance; and an emotional resilience class (n = 296; 39.1%) characterized by normative reward and emotional processing. Consistent with theoretical models, the specificity of disruption was differentially associated with dimensions of childhood maltreatment, with individuals in the blunted reward class reporting more childhood neglect and individuals in the disrupted emotional processing class reporting more childhood physical/sexual abuse. These profiles of disrupted reward and emotional processing also showed differential relations with the frequency and affective motivations for lifetime substance use. Findings provide empirical support for novel conceptual models of childhood maltreatment that focus on the consequences that may represent mechanisms for problematic behaviors like substance use. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
Source: Emotion
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000979
Authors: Nadia Bounoua, Leah Church, Naomi Sadeh
Institution: University of Delaware
Language: English
Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3182568561