The Contribution of Adverse Childhood Experiences to the Interplay Between Insecure Attachment Characteristics, Trait Emotional Intelligence, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, and Personality Organization

<p>There are well-established connections between unfavorable attachment experiences and subsequent personality pathology. Individuals with adverse attachment experiences and those with personality pathology have been found to have difficulty with emotional awareness and emotion regulation. Attachment characteristics inform emotional intelligence and emotion regulation, while emotional intelligence and emotion regulation capacities can be protective against personality pathology and serve as a potential mechanism of positive change in one’s attachment. Complex trauma disrupts attachment and the subsequent development of emotional intelligence, emotion regulation, as well as personality structure.</p> <p>In this dissertation, we examine the ways in which individual attachment patterns can be linked to one’s personality organization. We also investigate how the ability to take a reflective stance when thinking about internal states in the self and others, as well as the capacity to manage one’s affective experiences, contribute to this link. In addition, we examine the contribution of potentially traumatic experiences in the aforementioned relations by investigating two alternative roles adverse childhood experiences can play in the interrelation between the constructs. The clinical implications of this research include a more nuanced case conceptualization, leading to an easier determination of the most efficacious treatment approach.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Gvozdieva, Kseniia

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sasha Rudenstine
• Adriana Espinosa
• Eric Fertuck

• attachment
• personality
• trait emotional intelligence
• emotion regulation
• adverse childhood experiences
• clinical sample
• Clinical Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/959

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-1989