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July 26, 2026European journal of psychotraumatologyOpen Access

Measures matter: assessing childhood maltreatment and emotion dysregulation in a transdiagnostic sample

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KSK. SeitzISInga SchalinskiBRB Renneberg

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Cross-sectional analysis examines childhood maltreatment measures relating to emotion dysregulation in adults, highlighting sensitive periods.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore the connection between childhood maltreatment and emotion dysregulation using three measurement tools.
  • Cross-sectional study with N=462 participants, including those with and without mental disorders.
  • Assessments included CTQ-SF, CECA.Q, and KERF-40+ for childhood maltreatment; DERS for emotion dysregulation in a subsample of N=244.
  • Data analyzed using correlational analyses and conditional random forest regression.
  • High intercorrelation found among global and subscale scores of CTQ-SF, CECA.Q, and KERF-40+.
  • Significant associations between global scores of CTQ-SF and KERF-40+ with DERS total score.
  • Parental emotional abuse and neglect during ages 12–17 showed significant impacts on emotion dysregulation.

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Seitz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a72fd3aea3239cd78252https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2026.2696095
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