P02.192. The mediating role of bodily dissociation and emotion regulation on PTSD symptoms among women in substance use disorder treatment

C Price,J Herting

doi:10.1186/1472-6882-12-s1-p248

Abstract

Purpose Dissociation from the body involves a sense of separation from bodily self and typically involves a lack of attention to sensory awareness. Dissociation from the body is common among women with a history of sexual trauma and interferes with emotion regulation. Interoceptive awareness (inner body awareness and processing), has recently been posited as important to homeostasis and regulation to facilitate relapse prevention among individuals in substance use disorder treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore the mediating role of bodily dissociation and emotion regulation on PTSD symptoms among women in substance use disorder treatment.

Highlights

Dissociation from the body involves a sense of separation from bodily self and typically involves a lack of attention to sensory awareness
Dissociation from the body is common among women with a history of sexual trauma and interferes with emotion regulation
We used a SEM modeling approach with maximum likelihood estimation to test the effect of bodily dissociation and emotion regulation on PTSD symptoms across the 9 month study period involving assessments at baseline, 3, 6 and 9 month follow-up

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Introduction

Dissociation from the body involves a sense of separation from bodily self and typically involves a lack of attention to sensory awareness. Dissociation from the body is common among women with a history of sexual trauma and interferes with emotion regulation. Interoceptive awareness (inner body awareness and processing), has recently been posited as important to homeostasis and regulation to facilitate relapse prevention among individuals in substance use disorder treatment. The purpose of this study was to explore the mediating role of bodily dissociation and emotion regulation on PTSD symptoms among women in substance use disorder treatment

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