Women with an abuse history reported poorer adult adjustment, with different coping strategies predictive of adjustment for abused vs. nonabused women.

Evidence

Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse: An Analysis of Coping Mechanisms Used for Stressful Childhood Memories and Current Stressors (Journal of Family Violence / Springer)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Survivors of abuse often develop survival tactics to cope. — Dave Pelzer, A Child Called ‘It’, 95; Victims of childhood abuse learn coping strategies early in life as a means of survival, though these traits can become maladaptive in adult relationships. — Therapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual, Emotional and Physical Abuse; Parental exposure to genocide-related trauma is associated with altered caregiving patterns—overprotection, controlling behavior, diminished warmth—affecting subsequent generations. — Epigenetic changes associated with multi-generational trauma

Related

• Victims of childhood abuse learn coping strategies early in life as a means of survival, though these traits can become maladaptive in adult relationships. (similarity 0.85)
• Survivors of abuse often develop survival tactics to cope. (similarity 0.82)
• Increases in trauma exposure marginally predicted higher use of approach coping the following year, suggesting individuals adopt new adaptive strategies after trauma. (similarity 0.80)
• Trauma forces children to develop coping mechanisms that function as survival strategies, which can later become maladaptive in adulthood. (similarity 0.80)
• Survivors persist through demanding situations via strategies like persistence, self-care, sense of control, and engagement in recreational or physical activities. (similarity 0.79)