Intra-Individual Variability in Caregiver Invalidation As a Determinant of Emotion Regulation Following Child Maltreatment

Children with confirmed child maltreatment (CM) histories demonstrate: 1) greater intra-individual variability in negative affect, and 2) more unpredictability in receipt of caregiver invalidation in response to vulnerable disclosures during real-time, dyadic interactions. In turn, greater intra-individual variability in caregiver invalidation significantly predicts more emotion dysregulation two years following CM.