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Violence Against Women2026;10778012261471524.July 27, 2026Journal Article

Lifetime Sexual Victimization and Dissociation: Longitudinal Pathways Through Emotion Dysregulation.

Haley Church1, Rebecca L Brock1, Shaina A Kumar2, Terri L Messman3, Kim L Gratz4,5, David DiLillo1
1Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
2Department of Psychological Sciences, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
3Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
4Lyra Health, Burlingame, CA, USA.
5Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.

Abstract

The current study examined temporal associations between emotion dysregulation and dissociation among sexual violence survivors in a sample of 490 women. Results revealed higher levels of emotion dysregulation and dissociation among women who experienced sexual victimization in both childhood and emerging adulthood (i.e., lifetime revictimization), compared to women with victimization in either ch…

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