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Trauma-related Symptoms in Adolescents: the Differential Roles of Sexual Abuse and Mentalizing

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About the Course

This study investigated the independent and combined effects of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and mentalizing (measured via reflective functioning) on trauma-related symptoms in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Using structural equation modeling with a sample of 273 adolescents aged 12–17, the researchers examined a latent variable composed of post-traumatic stress, borderline personality features, and sexual concerns. They found that both CSA and mentalizing significantly contributed to trauma-related symptoms, with mentalizing explaining more variance (16.7%) than CSA (5%). This suggests that mentalizing functions as a resilience factor, and interventions aimed at enhancing mentalizing—such as Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)—may reduce trauma-related symptoms even among adolescents exposed to CSA.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Trauma-related Symptoms in Adolescents: the Differential Roles of Sexual Abuse and Mentalizing created by Marissa Wais et al. in 2024.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Frontiers in Psychology Jul 2024

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Marissa Wais
Marissa Wais is a student at the École de Psychologie at Université Laval in Québec, Canada. Her research focuses on trauma, mentalizing, and adolescent psychopathology. This is her first work published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Michaël Bégin, PhD
Dr. Michaël Bégin is an assistant professor in the Département de Psychologie at Université de Sherbrooke. He specializes in developmental psychopathology and reflective functioning. He has had multiple works published in peer-reviewed journals.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define and discuss Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in the context of CSA as a major public health concern contributing to a high disease burden.
  2. 2 Identify the mental health concerns and psychiatric diagnoses often experienced by survivors of CSA.
  3. 3 Describe external protective factors and internal capacities that are resilience factors in the context of trauma.

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Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 103774

Related Topics

Adolescents Sexual Trauma Distinct Populations

Availability

This course is available until Jul 24th, 2035.

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