Childhood maltreatment and psychopathology during collective trauma: the longitudinal role of betrayal-related moral injury
Yasmin Friedler, Racheli Cohen, Reut Zabag, Maja Bergman, Shilat Haim-Nachum · 2026
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Yasmin Friedler and colleagues present a 2026 longitudinal study of civilians exposed to the attacks of 7 October 2023 in Israel. The team examined whether childhood maltreatment shapes later distress through feelings of betrayal by trusted people or institutions.
The study followed 1,052 adults aged 18 to 40, measuring maltreatment history, betrayal-related moral injury, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety. Maltreatment predicted higher scores on all of these at the start. Over time, distress predicted later betrayal feelings more consistently than betrayal predicted distress. The authors read this as a two-way process rather than a single chain of cause and effect.
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| CREATOR | Yasmin Friedler, Racheli Cohen, Reut Zabag, Maja Bergman, Shilat Haim-Nachum |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |