Psychological resilience and childhood maltreatment: The role of self-efficacy, personality functioning and social support in young adult residential care leavers

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107317

Clara von Wendorff , David Bürgin , Maria Meier , Cyril Boonmann , Delfine d’Huart , Stéphanie Habersaat , Marc Schmid , Jörg M. Fegert , Vera Clemens

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Abstract

Background

Although the psychopathological consequences of childhood maltreatment (CM) are widely acknowledged, less is known about the underlying pathways of resilience following CM. Recent work to harmonize operationalization and definition of resilience quantifies resilience as the residual variance in psychosocial functioning after accounting for adversity exposure.

Objective

This study investigates the association of self-efficacy, personality functioning, and social support with residual resilience after CM in young adults with previous youth residential care placements in Switzerland.

Methods

The psychological resilience of 189 young adults (M age = 26.18 years; SD = 3.01; 35 % women) was evaluated as the residual of the regression of childhood maltreatment on mental health problems. Multiple regression models were conducted to assess the association between residual resilience and self-efficacy, personality function, and social support. A multiple regression model with an individual composite score of self-efficacy and personality functioning was used to investigate the importance of individual and social factors in resilience.

Results

The severity of CM was significantly associated with self-reported mental health problems, β = 0.37; p < .001. Residual resilience was significantly associated with self-efficacy, β = 0.33; p < .001, and impaired personality functioning (self-direction, β = −0.63, p < .001, empathy, β = −0.39, p < .001, intimacy, β = −0.37, p < .001, identity, β = −0.51, p < .001). However, it was not significantly associated with social support, β = 0.10; p = .14 in regression models testing individual predictors. In combined models, the individual composite score was more strongly associated with residual resilience than the social support.

Conclusion

Personality functioning and self-efficacy are crucial for psychological resilience following childhood maltreatment. They represent important targets for preventive interventions in youth residential care and therapy programs for those who experienced maltreatment in childhood.

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心理弹性与童年虐待：自我效能感、人格功能和社会支持在青年寄宿照顾离校者中的作用

虽然儿童虐待（CM）的精神病理后果被广泛承认，但对虐待后恢复力的潜在途径知之甚少。最近的工作是协调弹性的操作化和定义，将弹性量化为考虑逆境暴露后心理社会功能的剩余方差。目的本研究探讨瑞士青年寄宿服务机构的青少年心理康复后自我效能感、人格功能和社会支持与剩余心理弹性的关系。方法对189名青壮年(M年龄26.18岁；sd = 3.01；（35%的妇女）被评价为儿童虐待对心理健康问题的回归的残余。采用多元回归模型评估剩余心理弹性与自我效能感、人格功能和社会支持之间的关系。采用个体自我效能和人格功能复合得分的多元回归模型，探讨个体和社会因素对心理弹性的影响。结果CM严重程度与自述心理健康问题显著相关，β = 0.37；p & lt;措施。剩余心理弹性与自我效能显著相关，β = 0.33；p & lt;.001，人格功能受损(自我导向，β = - 0.63, p <；.001，共情，β = - 0.39, p <；.001，亲密度，β = - 0.37, p <；.001，恒等式，β = - 0.51, p <；措施)。但与社会支持无显著相关，β = 0.10；检验个体预测因子的回归模型P = 0.14。在组合模型中，个体综合得分与剩余弹性的相关性强于社会支持。结论人格功能和自我效能感对儿童受虐后的心理恢复至关重要。他们代表了青少年寄宿照料和治疗项目中预防干预的重要目标，这些项目针对的是那些在童年经历过虐待的人。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

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7.40

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10.40%

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397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.