Date of Publication

10-13-2020

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Psychology Major in Clinical Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Advisor

Rene M. Nob

Defense Panel Chair

Maria Guadalupe C. Salanga

Defense Panel Member

Roberto E. Javier Jr.
Crisanto Q. Regadio

Abstract/Summary

The study aimed to examine the associations between Childhood Adversity (CA) and Emotional Reactivity (ER), Rumination (R), and Emotion Dysregulation; and to determine whether these associations would be moderated by the presence of the parental figure. It utilized a predictive cross-sectional nonexperimental quantitative research design. Using quota sampling, the respondents comprised of students in both public (n=393) and private (n=272) colleges/ universities in the province of Batangas (N=665). The self-report measures utilized are the Adverse Childhood Experience-International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ), Emotion Reactivity Scale (ERS), Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS), and Difficulties of Emotion Regulation Scale-Short Form (DERS-SF). To describe measures and demographics, means and standard deviation were used. Pearson correlation was applied to test for the relationship in the Childhood Adversity (CA) and Emotion Regulation (ER), Rumination (R), and Emotion Dysregulation (ED). Analyses of moderated effect were conducted to test whether the presence of parental figures can serve as a protective variable in the connection between Childhood Adversity (CA), Emotional Reactivity (ER), Rumination (R), and Emotional Dysregulation (ED). Findings show that the experience of childhood adversity positively predicts emotional reactivity, rumination, and emotion dysregulation. Contrary to the hypothesis, the study found that having parents does not guarantee that an individual will be protected from developing negative emotional processes after being exposed to childhood adversity.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Physical Description

64 leaves

Keywords

Post-traumatic stress disorder; Rumination (Psychology); Stress (Psychology)

Upload Full Text

wf_yes

Embargo Period

5-31-2021

Download

Share

COinS