Gender Role Schema, Childhood Trauma, and Well-Being in Adulthood

Rates of illness have been shown to be influenced by
gender and the experience of childhood trauma. This
research investigated the pathways via which such
differences develop. First, the World Beliefs
Inventory was developed to assess world beliefs.
Second, Structural Equation Modelling was employed,
revealing that autonomy, competence, relatedness, and
optimism played a role in the process via which
gender role schema and the experience of childhood
trauma influenced psychological, physical, and social
well-being in adulthood. Additionally, world beliefs
influenced social well-being, and the self-regulation
of the withholding of negative emotions influenced
physical well-being. This analysis should interest
professionals and academics in the social sciences,
and those interested in the statistical method of
hierarchical Structural Equation Modelling.

Autorentext
Dr Suzanne P. Coker, Phd: Studied Psychology and Sociology at Central Queensland University, Australia. Research Supervisor of Fourth Year Psychology Students at the Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences,CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, Queensland.

Klappentext
Rates of illness have been shown to be influenced by gender and the experience of childhood trauma. This research investigated the pathways via which such differences develop. First, the World Beliefs Inventory was developed to assess world beliefs. Second, Structural Equation Modelling was employed, revealing that autonomy, competence, relatedness, and optimism played a role in the process via which gender role schema and the experience of childhood trauma influenced psychological, physical, and social well-being in adulthood. Additionally, world beliefs influenced social well-being, and the self-regulation of the withholding of negative emotions influenced physical well-being. This analysis should interest professionals and academics in the social sciences, and those interested in the statistical method of hierarchical Structural Equation Modelling.