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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.11.618

The Relationship between Child Abuse and Emotional Regulation: Mediating Effect of Rejection Sensitivity  

Kang, Ha-Eun (Department of counseling Psychology, Sangji University)
Cho, Young-A (Department of counseling Psychology, Sangji University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.11, 2017 , pp. 618-627 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the number of cases of child abuse has been increasing and, consequently, the social interest in this issue is increasing. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between child abuse, rejection sensitivity and emotional regulation and to identify the mediating effects of rejection sensitivity in the relationship between child abuse and emotional regulation. For this purpose, a survey on child abuse, rejection sensitivity and emotional regulation was administered to 217 elementary school students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, who had been reported as victims of child abuse or managed as suspected child abuse victims in the Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang regions. The data was analyzed using structural equation modelling and bootstrapping. The findings showed that child abuse was significantly negatively correlated with emotional regulation, but positively correlated with rejection sensitivity. Emotional regulation was significantly negatively correlated with rejection sensitivity. Second, the structural equation analysis also revealed that rejection sensitivity fully mediated the relationship between child abuse and emotional regulation. This means that child abuse has an indirect effect on emotional regulation through rejection sensitivity. Therefore, when counseling abused children with emotional regulation problems, it is important for the counselors to include interventions designed to lower their rejection sensitivity.
Keywords
abused Children; child abuse; emotional Regulation; rejection sensitivity; mediating effect;
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