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Cognitive Psychology

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2023

Childhood Trauma

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The Role Of Childhood Trauma History In Relation To Decent Work, Matthew Reiland Aug 2023

The Role Of Childhood Trauma History In Relation To Decent Work, Matthew Reiland

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This study used structural equation modeling to examine the impact of childhood trauma on decent work. Childhood trauma was added as an exogenous variable in the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT) model and hypothesized to have direct and indirect effects on decent work. An online sample of 643 working adults completed PWT measures and a measure on childhood trauma. Additionally, participants completed a single Likert-type item measure assessing negative impact of COVID-19 on work so that model invariance could examined among two high and low impact groups. Group invariance was satisfied at the configural, metric, and scalar levels, and the …