Link to full study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213425002911
Authors: Tamar Rosenberg, Yael Lahav, Karni Ginzburg
Studies suggest that childhood maltreatment may have negative effects on survivors’ body self – namely, a sense of disrupted body boundaries and reduced trust in the body. Objective: In this study we examined the role of identification with the aggressor, a survival defensive process, as a mediator in the associations between the severity of childhood maltreatment and a sense of disrupted body boundaries and trust in the body among adults.
