Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy Physiological Stress Responses Predict Sexual Functioning and Satisfaction Differently in Women Who Have and Have Not Been Sexually Abused in Childhood

Physiological stress responses predict sexual functioning and satisfaction differently in women who have and have not been sexually abused in childhood.

Physiological responses to sexual stimuli may contribute to the increased rate of sexual problems seen in women with childhood sexual abuse (CSA) histories. We compared two physiological stress responses as predictors of sexual function and satisfaction, sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation and cortisol in women with (CSA, N = 136) and without CSA histories (NSA, N = 102). In CSA survivo...

The influence of attachment on perceived stress and cortisol response to acute stress in women sexually abused in childhood or adolescence.

The long-term implications of sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence (CSA) have been relatively well documented regarding attachment (disorganized attachment in childhood, unresolved trauma in adulthood), stress reactions (altered patterns of stress reactivity under experimental conditions), and psychopathology. Attachment has been shown to mediate the implications of CSA, namely on psychopat...

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy Linguistic Changes in Expressive Writing Predict Psychological Outcomes in Women With History of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Sexual Dysfunction

Effectiveness of Metacognitive Therapy on Psychological Disorders in Sexual Harassment (A Single Case Study)

Background: Unlike other hazards,  impersonal work environments, insecurity is one of the dangers of personal nature. Employed females have always been exposed to sexual harassment, but most sexual harassment study focuses on the features of those who commit sexual harassment and less on those who have been sexually abused and their mental health effect. Therefore, the  research was aimed to us...

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among women victims of domestic violence referred to social emergency: Emphasis on the role of childhood traumas

Aim: Facing childhood trauma can have significant psychological and neurological effects on the individual and can lead to many psychological disorders. When faced with a problem, they are associated with childhood memories and choose ineffective coping strategies such as suicide, which has many unfortunate consequences. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship betwe...