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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024

Transdiagnostic mechanisms of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations of childhood trauma, maladaptive personality traits, emotion regulation, mentalizing, and pandemic-related distress.

Julia Holl, Anna Berning, Laura Kling, Svenja Taubner, Anna K Georg, Jana Volkert

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Julia HollDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Psychological Institute, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anna BerningInstitute for Psychosocial Prevention, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Laura KlingInstitute for Psychosocial Prevention, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Svenja TaubnerInstitute for Psychosocial Prevention, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anna K GeorgInstitute for Psychosocial Prevention, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jana VolkertChair of Translational Psychotherapy Research, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

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Introduction: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased psychological distress. Transdiagnostic factors, including childhood trauma, maladaptive personality traits (MPTs), mentalizing, and emotion dysregulation are considered relevant to the development and maintenance of mental health problems. These factors probably play a significant role in individuals' reactions to pandemic-related distress (PR distress). The aim of this study is to examine the associations with these transdiagnostic factors in relation to PR distress and psychopathological symptoms. Materials and methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, we investigated a convenience sample of 6,451 adults (mean age = 44.1; Results: The results revealed significant associations between different types of childhood trauma and MPTs (-0.14 < β < 0.48) as well as a parallel mediation of the relationship between MPTs and psychopathological symptoms via mentalizing (β Discussion: Mentalizing and emotion dysregulation seem to play a significant role in relation between childhood trauma and MPTs and psychopathological symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, transdiagnostic factors may be a valuable target for the development of interventions aiming to reduce psychological distress related to a pandemic or other crises events. Specific prevention and intervention methods that target emotion dysregulation and mentalizing could help vulnerable individuals, particularly those with childhood trauma and MPTs, to protect against or alleviate the detrimental effects of PR distress on their mental health.

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anxietychild maltreatmentCorona virusdepressionemotion dysregulationmentalizationstructural equation modeling

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