Does Self-Compassion Mitigate the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Later Emotion Regulation Difficulties? A Preliminary Investigation

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 480-491

  Vettese, Lisa C ^d   Dyer, Catherine E ^a   Li, Wing Ling ^b   Wekerle, Christine ^c  

^a Ontario Mental Health Foundation   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Advance Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood maltreatment; Emotion regulation; Problem substance use; Self compassion; Transition age youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051469146     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-011-9340-7     Document Type: Article

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