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Elzy MB, Keaton A, Bogus M, Raymond K. Emotional Invalidation and Relationship Quality: A Mediational Model Through a Social Learning Lens. Psychol Rep 2024:332941241259670. [PMID: 38870395 DOI: 10.1177/00332941241259670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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While we know childhood experiences are influential on a child's later socioemotional awareness and behavior, we are still searching for specific mechanisms that influence the transferability of childhood experiences and adult relationship functioning. In this study, we seek to further this area of investigation by examining the interpretation of ambiguous social interactions and perceptions of emotional invalidation as potential mediators of the relationship between perceptions of childhood emotional invalidation and current relationship quality. Participants completed online measures of hostile intent attributions, perceptions of childhood emotional invalidation, and current relationship quality with a significant other. They read emotionally provocative interpersonal scenarios and then reported likely emotionally invalidating reactions from their significant other to measure current perceptions of emotional invalidation. Results supported our hypotheses that perceptions of current emotional invalidation in a close, personal relationship would mediate the relationship between perceptions of childhood maternal emotional invalidation and both current relationship support and relationship conflict. Furthermore, the strength of this mediational pathway outweighed the influence of a more general hostile attribution bias. These findings have implications for prevention and intervention strategies designed to enhance interpersonal functioning.
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- Meredith B Elzy
- Department of Psychology, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA
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Meng SQ, Bai BY, Bai CZ, Shrestha S, Ren YZ. Invalidating environment and meaning in life: The Chain Mediating Effects of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and basic psychological needs satisfaction. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2024; 151:106736. [PMID: 38522146 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND Although people strive for meaning in life, life is full of experiences that challenge meaning. According to Bowen's family systems theory, the family is both a relational and an emotional system in which family members influence and are influenced by each other. Invalidating environment, reflecting a deficient family emotional setting, may be a key influencing factor in diminishing meaning in life. Existing studies have not directly explored the effects of the invalidating environment on meaning in life and its underlying mechanism. OBJECTIVE Guided by Bowen's family systems theory, this study aims to explore the relationship between invalidating environment and meaning in life, as well as the mediating effects of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and the satisfaction of basic psychological needs. METHODS A sample of 555 university students (62.5 % female, 37.5 % male; Mage =19.13 years old, SD = 1.72) completed questionnaires regarding demographics, invalidating environment, meaning in life, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and basic psychological needs satisfaction. RESULTS Results revealed that: (a) invalidating environment negatively predicts meaning in life; (b) regulatory emotional self-efficacy and basic psychological needs satisfaction serve as both independent and chain mediators between invalidating environment and meaning in life. CONCLUSION Invalidating environment affects meaning in life through regulatory emotional self-efficacy and basic psychological needs satisfaction. This finding has significant theoretical implications and provides a feasible pathway to improve children's meaning in life at both the parent and child levels.
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- Su-Qing Meng
- Department of Psychology, School of Education, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
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- Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Tecuta L, Tomei G, DiGiuseppe R, Schumann R, Ballardini D, Tomba E. Mapping the Path to Cognitive Balance: Applying the States of Mind Model and Network Analysis to Eating Disorder Patients. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5790. [PMID: 37762731 PMCID: PMC10531813 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12185790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Background: In eating disorders (EDs), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) represents one of the first-line treatment options albeit with sub-optimal results. The assessment of cognitive balance through an index measuring increased adaptive thinking and reduced maladaptive thinking, the desired outcomes, and the ultimate goal of CBT treatments warrants attention. The states of mind model (SOM) provides a framework through which a cognitive balance index can be defined. The current cross-sectional controlled study tested the clinical utility of the SOM model in a sample of ED outpatients. Methods: ED outpatients (n = 199) were assessed at baseline with the attitudes and beliefs scale-2 (ABS-2) for rational beliefs (RBs) and irrational beliefs (IBs), from which a SOM ratio score index (RBs/(RBs + IBs)) was calculated, the eating disorder inventory-3 (EDI-3) for ED symptoms and ED-related psychopathological features, the psychological well-being scales (PWB) for positive psychological functioning. A matched control sample (n = 95) was also assessed with the ABS-2. Results: ED patients exhibited significantly lower SOM and RB scores compared to controls. Network analysis results highlighted the centrality of the SOM-cognitive balance index, PWB-self-acceptance, and EDI-3-general psychological maladjustment, as well as the importance of the influence that cognitive balance and general psychological maladjustment exert on each other. Conclusions: The findings support the clinical utility of the SOM ratio applied to cognitions in EDs. This demonstrates its ability to differentiate such patients from controls and in capturing worse ED-related general psychopathology as well as compromised aspects of psychological well-being, in particular self-acceptance and environmental mastery. It thus might be considered in CBT treatment of EDs a potential cognitive clinimetric and clinical index of ED severity indicating key difficulties in counteracting maladaptive thinking with adaptive thinking.
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- Lucia Tecuta
- Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy; (L.T.); (G.T.)
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy; (L.T.); (G.T.)
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- Department of Psychology, St. John’s University, New York, NY 11439, USA;
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- Eating Disorder Clinic “Centro Gruber”, 40125 Bologna, Italy; (R.S.); (D.B.)
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- Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy; (L.T.); (G.T.)
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Hillman JG, Fowlie DI, MacDonald TK. Social Verification Theory: A New Way to Conceptualize Validation, Dissonance, and Belonging. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 2023; 27:309-331. [PMID: 36461780 PMCID: PMC10363943 DOI: 10.1177/10888683221138384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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ACADEMIC ABSTRACT In the present review, we propose a theory that seeks to recontextualize various existing theories as functions of people's perceptions of their consistency with those around them. This theory posits that people seek social consistency for both epistemic and relational needs and that social inconsistency is both negative and aversive, similar to the experience of cognitive dissonance. We further posit that the aversive nature of perceiving social inconsistency leads people to engage in various behaviors to mitigate or avoid these inconsistencies. When these behaviors fail, however, people experience chronic social inconsistency, which, much like chronic rejection, is associated with physical and mental health and well-being outcomes. Finally, we describe how mitigation and avoidance of social inconsistency underlie many seemingly unrelated theories, and we provide directions for how future research may expand on this theory. PUBLIC ABSTRACT In the present review, we propose that people find inconsistency with those around them to be an unpleasant experience, as it threatens people's core need to belong. Because the threat of reduced belongingness evokes negative feelings, people are motivated to avoid inconsistency with others and to mitigate the negative feelings that are produced when it inevitably does arise. We outline several types of behaviors that can be implemented to avoid or mitigate these inconsistencies (e.g., validation, affirmation, distancing, etc.). When these behaviors cannot be implemented successfully, people experience chronic invalidation, which is associated with reduced physical and mental health and well-being outcomes. We discuss how invalidation may disproportionately affect individuals with minoritized identities. Furthermore, we discuss how belongingness could play a key role in radicalization into extremist groups.
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Familienbeziehungen, interpersonelle Probleme und Symptomausprägung bei Anorexia und Bulimia nervosa – Patientinnen und Schülerinnen im Vergleich. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 2022; 71:543-563. [DOI: 10.13109/prkk.2022.71.6.543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Powell‐jones A, Simpson S. Drunkorexia: An investigation of symptomatology and early maladaptive schemas within a female, young adult Australian population. AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ap.12462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Alycia Powell‐jones
- School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Magill, South Australia, Australia,
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- School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Magill, South Australia, Australia,
- NHS Lothian, Regional Eating Disorders Unit, St. John's Hospital, Howden Road West, Howden, Livingston, Scotland,
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Pilkington PD, Bishop A, Younan R. Adverse childhood experiences and early maladaptive schemas in adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Psychother 2020; 28:569-584. [PMID: 33270299 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Schema Therapy is based on the theory that trauma and neglect in childhood lead to early maladaptive schemas and psychopathology in adulthood. The aim of this review was to evaluate support for this theory by synthesizing the literature on childhood adversity and schemas. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis were completed in compliance with PRISMA. PsycInfo, CINAHL and PubMed were searched to identify eligible studies that reported unadjusted association(s) between adverse childhood events and schema scores when participants were 18 years or older. Meta-analyses were conducted to estimate the pooled effect size of associations between schemas and experiences of childhood adversity. RESULTS A total of 33 studies met inclusion criteria and provided sufficient data for meta-analyses on childhood experiences relating to toxic frustration of needs (emotional neglect and physical neglect) and trauma and victimization (emotional abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse). Of the 124 meta-analyses, 65 indicated that schemas show small to large correlations with emotional neglect (range: r = .16 [Failure] to r = .51 [Emotional Deprivation]); small to moderate correlations with emotional abuse (range: r = .20 [Vulnerability to Harm] to r = .44 [Emotional Deprivation]); and small correlations with physical neglect, physical abuse and sexual abuse (range: r = .16 [Vulnerability to Harm] to .26 [Emotional Deprivation and Social Isolation]). CONCLUSIONS Of the 33 included studies, only one used a longitudinal design. However, based on the correlational studies available, early maladaptive schemas in adulthood are associated with a history of childhood abuse and neglect.
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- Pamela D Pilkington
- School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.,Schema Therapy Institute of Australia, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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Braden A, Anderson L, Redondo R, Watford T, Emley E, Ferrell E. Emotion regulation mediates relationships between perceived childhood invalidation, emotional reactivity, and emotional eating. J Health Psychol 2020; 26:2937-2949. [DOI: 10.1177/1359105320942860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is informed by the biosocial model which suggests that emotional sensitivity and childhood invalidation interact to influence emotion dysregulation, leading to behavioral disorders. Although adapted DBT interventions have resulted in improved emotional eating, little research has been conducted to examine whether key aspects of the biosocial model apply to emotional eating. Adults ( N = 258) were enrolled via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Three separate mediation analyses were performed using Hayes’ SPSS macro. Results showed that emotion regulation difficulties mediated the relationships between biosocial variables (i.e. perceived maternal and paternal invalidation and emotional reactivity) and emotional eating.
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Warner EA, Hernandez T, Veilleux JC. Examining Facets of Mindfulness in the Relationship Between Invalidating Childhood Environments and Emotion Regulation. Psychol Rep 2020; 124:1134-1149. [PMID: 32597372 DOI: 10.1177/0033294120933151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Research has shown that growing up in an environment in which emotions are invalidated (i.e., ignored or responded to negatively) by parents is associated with later difficulties regulating emotions. Meanwhile, dispositional mindfulness has been shown to engender a greater capacity for emotion regulation, through use of adaptive strategies like cognitive reframing and minimizing use of maladaptive strategies like expressive suppression. The current study aimed to explore the role of invalidating childhood environments on use of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression as emotion regulation skills and to investigate the role of mindfulness in this relationship. Participants were recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk (n = 1094, Mage = 58.3% women) and completed self-report measures assessing perceptions of maternal invalidation, mindfulness, and emotion regulation. Results demonstrated that the mindfulness facets of describing, non-judging, and non-reactivity partially mediated the relationship between perception of maternal invalidation and expressive suppression. Awareness and non-reactivity were found to mediate the relationship between perception of maternal invalidation and cognitive reappraisal. Clinical implications are discussed.
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Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Invalidating Childhood Environment Scale. Eat Weight Disord 2020; 25:195-203. [PMID: 30066256 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-018-0550-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The current study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the invalidating childhood environment scale (ICES) in a non-clinical and clinical sample of eating disorder (ED) patients. This study also investigated the between-sample differences regarding invalidating parental behaviors and family styles and explored the associations between invalidating childhood environments and eating pathology. METHODS A sample of 410 high school and college students and 101 patients with a diagnosis of ED completed self-report measures. Principal component analyses and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the factor structure of the ICES. The internal consistency and the between-sample differences and associations between invalidating childhood environments and eating pathology were also tested. RESULTS Principal component analyses and confirmatory factor analyses indicated a two-factor solution for each parent. The ICES demonstrated high internal consistency and was able to differentiate between non-clinical and clinical samples. The perception of parental invalidation was higher in ED patients, and the clinical sample presented higher scores in the chaotic and perfect family styles and lower scores in the validating family style, in comparison with the non-clinical sample. Both maternal invalidation and invalidating styles were significantly associated with a higher ED symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS The Portuguese version of the ICES revealed adequate psychometric properties. Considering the relationship between invalidation in family and eating pathology, the ICES may be useful in clinical practice, especially among ED patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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Gonçalves S, Moreira C, Gonçalves M, Vieira AI, Machado BC. The role of the perception of family environment in relation to body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and difficulties in close relationships. Eat Weight Disord 2020; 25:205-213. [PMID: 30066258 DOI: 10.1007/s40519-018-0551-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Invalidating childhood environments have been characterised as those in which caregivers do not validate a child's personal experiences and the communication of emotions is considered inappropriate, being either ignored or punished. The current study assessed the relationships among invalidating childhood environments, body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and difficulties in close relationships in a sample of college students. METHODS In this study, 362 non-clinical participants with ages ranging from 17 to 25 years (M = 20.02, SD = 1.51) completed self-report measures. RESULTS Difficulties in close relationships, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating were significantly higher in invalidating families than in validating families. Invalidating childhood environments were associated with higher body dissatisfaction and disordered eating, and both associations were mediated by difficulties in close relationships. Finally, body dissatisfaction mediates the effects of BMI and difficulties in close relationships on eating disorder symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Perceived experiences of invalidation in childhood may be associated with eating disorder symptomatology. In addition, difficulties in close relationships during adulthood possibly contribute to the emergence of eating disorder symptoms. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level V, descriptive study.
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- Sónia Gonçalves
- Psychotherapy and Psychopathology Research Unit, CIPsi, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
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- Psychotherapy and Psychopathology Research Unit, CIPsi, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Psychotherapy and Psychopathology Research Unit, CIPsi, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Psychotherapy and Psychopathology Research Unit, CIPsi, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEDH, Centre for Studies in Human Development, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal
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Adult attachment in eating disorders mediates the association between perceived invalidating childhood environments and eating psychopathology. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-00524-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Statement of removal. Health Care Women Int 2018; 39:1316. [DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1443108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zielinski MJ, Veilleux JC. The Perceived Invalidation of Emotion Scale (PIES): Development and psychometric properties of a novel measure of current emotion invalidation. Psychol Assess 2018; 30:1454-1467. [PMID: 29792500 PMCID: PMC6212305 DOI: 10.1037/pas0000584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Emotion invalidation is theoretically and empirically associated with mental and physical health problems. However, existing measures of invalidation focus on past (e.g., childhood) invalidation and/or do not specifically emphasize invalidation of emotion. In this article, the authors articulate a clarified operational definition of emotion invalidation and use that definition as the foundation for development of a new measure of current perceived emotion invalidation across a series of five studies. Study 1 was a qualitative investigation of people's experiences with emotional invalidation from which we generated items. An initial item pool was vetted by expert reviewers in Study 2 and examined via exploratory factor analysis in Study 3 within both college student and online samples. The scale was reduced to 10 items via confirmatory factor analysis in Study 4, resulting in a brief but psychometrically promising measure, the Perceived Invalidation of Emotion Scale (PIES). A short-term longitudinal investigation (Study 5) revealed that PIES scores had strong test-retest reliability, and that greater perceived emotion invalidation was associated with greater emotion dysregulation, borderline features and symptoms of emotional distress. In addition, the PIES predicted changes in relational health and psychological health over a 1-month period. The current set of studies thus presents a psychometrically promising and practical measure of perceived emotion invalidation that can provide a foundation for future research in this burgeoning area. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Melissa J. Zielinski
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Psychiatric Research Institute, Brain Imaging Research Center, Little Rock, AR 72205
- University of Arkansas, Department of Psychological Science, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- University of Arkansas, Department of Psychological Science, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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Malecki J, Rhodes P, Ussher J. Childhood trauma and anorexia nervosa: from body image to embodiment. Health Care Women Int 2018; 39:936-951. [PMID: 30152723 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1492268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Contemporary understandings of anorexia nervosa are framed by the body-image paradigm. The body-image framework considers that women's bodily experiences are reflected through distorted mental images of their bodies or disordered thinking and behavior around food and eating. Body image has come to symbolize all that can go wrong with women's relationships with their bodies, food, and eating. The problem with this approach is its failure to consider the experience of women who have survived childhood abuse. Women's bodily disturbances are not easily discernible through objective measures because they lie within the inner subjective realm of the embodied 'self' and embodied emotional experience. Consideration of the different ways that women inhabit their bodies informs this paper's examination of the conceptual framework of embodiment as an alternative to the body-image paradigm.
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- Jennifer Malecki
- School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Centre for Health Research, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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Fox S, Conneely S, Egan J. Emotional expression and eating in overweight and obesity. Health Psychol Behav Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/21642850.2017.1378580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Susan Fox
- School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Brown JM, Selth S, Stretton A, Simpson S. Do dysfunctional coping modes mediate the relationship between perceived parenting style and disordered eating behaviours? J Eat Disord 2016; 4:27. [PMID: 27822374 PMCID: PMC5094088 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-016-0123-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preliminary studies suggest that both childhood experiences and coping behaviours may be linked to eating disorder symptoms. METHODS In this study maladaptive schema coping modes were investigated as mediators in the relationship between perceived negative parenting and disordered eating. A total of 174 adults with eating and/or body image concerns completed questionnaires measuring parenting experiences, schema modes, and disordered eating behaviours. RESULTS Perfectionistic Overcontroller, Self-Aggrandiser, Compliant Surrenderer, Detached Protector and Detached Self-Soother coping modes partially explained the variance in the relationships between perceived negative parenting experiences and the behaviours of restricting and compensation (purging and overexercising). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that Overcompensatory, Avoidant and Surrender coping mechanisms all appear to play a role in the maintenance of eating disorder symptoms, and that there are multiple complex relationships between these and Early Maladaptive Schemas that warrant further investigation.
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- Jessica M. Brown
- School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, North Tce, Adelaide, 5005 SA Australia
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- Psychology Clinic, School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Magill Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, 5001 SA Australia
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- School of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA Australia
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- Psychology Clinic, School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Magill Campus, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, 5001 SA Australia
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Coleman SRM, Zawadzki MJ, Heron KE, Vartanian LR, Smyth JM. Self-focused and other-focused resiliency: Plausible mechanisms linking early family adversity to health problems in college women. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2016; 64:85-95. [PMID: 26502997 PMCID: PMC10691655 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2015.1075994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study examined whether self-focused and other-focused resiliency help explain how early family adversity relates to perceived stress, subjective health, and health behaviors in college women. PARTICIPANTS Female students (N = 795) participated between October 2009 and May 2010. METHODS Participants completed self-report measures of early family adversity, self-focused (self-esteem, personal growth initiative) and other-focused (perceived social support, gratitude) resiliency, stress, subjective health, and health behaviors. RESULTS Using structural equation modeling, self-focused resiliency associated with less stress, better subjective health, more sleep, less smoking, and less weekend alcohol consumption. Other-focused resiliency associated with more exercise, greater stress, and more weekend alcohol consumption. Early family adversity was indirectly related to all health outcomes, except smoking, via self-focused and other-focused resiliency. CONCLUSIONS Self-focused and other-focused resiliency represent plausible mechanisms through which early family adversity relates to stress and health in college women. This highlights areas for future research in disease prevention and management.
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- Sulamunn R. M. Coleman
- Department of Biobehavioral Health The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Psychological Sciences University of California, Merced, Merced, California
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- Department of Psychology Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania
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Haslam M, Arcelus J, Farrow C, Meyer C. Attitudes towards emotional expression mediate the relationship between childhood invalidation and adult eating concern. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2012; 20:510-4. [PMID: 22933402 DOI: 10.1002/erv.2198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Previous research has suggested that invalidating childhood environments are positively related to the symptoms of eating disorders. However, it is unclear how childhood environments might impact upon the development of eating disorder symptoms. This study examined the relationship between parental invalidation and eating disorder-related attitudes in a nonclinical sample and tested the mediating effect of attitudes towards emotional expression. Two hundred women, with a mean age of 21 years, completed measures of invalidating childhood environments, attitudes towards emotional expression, and eating pathology. Eating concerns were positively associated with recollections of an invalidating parental environment. The belief that the expression of emotions is a sign of weakness fully mediated the relationship between childhood maternal invalidation and adult eating concern. Following replication and extension to a clinical sample, these results suggest that targeting the individual's attitude towards emotional expression might reduce eating attitudes among women who have experienced an invalidating childhood environment.
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- Michelle Haslam
- Loughborough University Centre for Research into Eating Disorders, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Science, UK
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Robinson AL, Strahan E, Girz L, Wilson A, Boachie A. ‘I Know I Can Help You’: Parental Self-efficacy Predicts Adolescent Outcomes in Family-based Therapy for Eating Disorders. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2012; 21:108-14. [DOI: 10.1002/erv.2180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
| | - Erin Strahan
- Wilfrid Laurier University; Brantford; Ontario; Canada
| | - Laura Girz
- University of Toronto; Toronto; Ontario; Canada
| | - Anne Wilson
- Wilfrid Laurier University; Waterloo; Ontario; Canada
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