Research Articles

2023

 

McCutchen, C., Hyland, P., Maercker, A., Thoma, M. V., & Rohner, S. L. (2023). The effects of social support on ACEs and mental health in Ireland. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 28(4), 377-388. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2124264

 

Rohner, S. L., Bernays, F., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Early-life adversity and later-life mental health: A conditional process analysis of sense of coherence and resilience-related resources. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2, 1213142. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2023.1213142

 

Rohner, S. L., Salas Castillo, A. N., Michel, J., Maercker, A., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). A socio-interpersonal perspective on the disclosure of childhood adversity: A qualitative comparative approach in Irish survivors. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development, 20(4), 507-527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26904586.2023.2177234

 

2022

 

Rohner, S. L., Bernays, F., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Salutary mechanisms in the relationship between stress and health: The mediating and moderating roles of Sense of Coherence – Revised. Stress & Health, 38(2), 388-401. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3093

 

Rohner, S. L., Salas Castillo, A. N., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Childhood adversity and later life prosocial behavior: A qualitative comparative study of Irish older adult survivors. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 966956. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.966956

 

2020

 

Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2020). “Some call it resilience”: A profile of dynamic resilience-related factors in older adult survivors of childhood institutional adversity and maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 107, 104565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104565

 

2024

 

Rusmir, M., Rohner, S. L., Maercker, A., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Thoma, M. V. (2024). Predictors and (in-)stability of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder in older adults: Findings from a longitudinal study in Switzerland. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2299618. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2299618

 

2023

 

Höltge, J., Rohner, S. L., Heim, E. M., Nater, U., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Differential pathways from child maltreatment types to insecure adult attachment styles via psychological and social resources: A Bayesian network analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(11-12), 7089-7114. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221140039

 

 

2022

 

Maercker, A., Bernays, F., Rohner, S. L., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). A cascade model of complex posttraumatic stress disorder centered on childhood trauma and maltreatment, attachment and socio-interpersonal factors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(2), 446-460. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22756

 

Pfluger, V., Rohner, S. L., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Associations between complex trauma exposure in childhood/adolescence and psychopathology in older age: The role of stress coping and coping self-perception. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 15, 539-551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00419-0

 

Pfluger, V., Rohner, S. L., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Internalizing mental health disorders and emotion regulation: A comparative and mediational study of older adults with and without a history of complex trauma exposure. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 820345. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.820345

 

Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Pfluger, V., Eising, C. M., & Rohner, S. L. (2022). An exploratory comparison of resilience profiles of Swiss older adult survivors of child welfare-related maltreatment and controls. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(3), 1059-1067. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2691

 

Thoma, M. V., Rohner, S. L., & Höltge, J. (2022). Editorial: Assessing the consequences of childhood trauma on behavioral issues and mental health outcomes. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1101099. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1101099

 

2021

 

Eising, C. M., Voelkle, M. C., Rohner, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2021). Lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder in older individuals with a history of institutional upbringing in childhood: The role of social acknowledgement and stressful life events. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1915578. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1915578

 

Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Child maltreatment, lifetime trauma, and mental health in Swiss older survivors of enforced child welfare practices: Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem and self-compassion. Child Abuse & Neglect, 113, 104925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104925

 

Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Health, stress, and well-being in Swiss adult survivors of child welfare practices and child labor: Investigating the mediating role of socio-economic factors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 111, 104769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104769

 

2020

 

Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2020). Resilience and stress in later life: A network analysis approach depicting complex interactions of resilience resources and stress-related risk factors in older adults. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 580969. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.580969