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ArticleScandinavian journal of psychology2025

Childhood Emotional Abuse and Somatic Symptoms: The Mediating Effect of Self-Hate.

Pierre Gilbert Rossini, Francesco Gazzillo, David Kealy

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Article in Scandinavian journal of psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pierre Gilbert RossiniDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6657-737X
Francesco GazzilloDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7955-3710
David KealyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-6085

Funding

Michael Smith Health Research BC #18317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood emotional abuse is a recognized factor for long-term psychological and physical health problems, including persistent somatic symptoms. Negative self-beliefs, such as self-hate-related beliefs, may explain how emotional mistreatment contributes to physical distress in adulthood beyond general emotional difficulties. A longitudinal study was conducted with 298 help-seeking adults. At baseline, participants completed measures of childhood emotional abuse, self-hate, and general negative affectivity. Somatic symptoms were assessed two months later. Mediation analyses tested whether self-hate mediated the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and somatic symptoms while accounting for the influence of general negative affectivity, which reflects a general tendency to experience negative emotional states. Participants (M

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Adult Survivors of Child AbuseMedically Unexplained SymptomsSelf ConceptAdultChildFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultControl‐Mastery Theoryemotional abuseself‐hatesomatic symptoms

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PMID40755441
PMCPMC12611229

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