The Effect of Childhood Maltreatment on Affect Labeling in Youth: An ERP Study

The findings suggest that implicit emotion regulation is beneficial for young adults with a history of childhood maltreatment in terms of emotion management. Maltreated individuals demonstrated decreased emotional arousal across both implicit and explicit emotional tasks, confirming the influence of maltreatment on the affect labeling effect. This supports the disruption theory. The present study expands the application of the affect labeling effect and provides new electrophysiological evidence for research on cognitive changes in individuals with childhood maltreatment.