Impact of maternal betrayal trauma on parent and child well-being: Attachment style and emotion regulation as moderators.

These results indicate that mothers with HB trauma histories who also have difficulties with emotion regulation may experience greater levels of distress compared to mothers with HB trauma histories who use more adaptive emotion regulation strategies. Accordingly, it may be especially important for victims of HB traumas to address trauma-related misappraisals regarding the self and others while strengthening the use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).