ArticleBrain and behavior2025
Effect of Childhood Trauma on Emotional Distress: A Chain-Mediated Effects of Alexithymia and Psychological Flexibility.
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- Psychological Adjustment to Disease and Treatment: Commentary on Dekker (2024).Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026Article
- When distress meets disability: social connectedness buffers functional impairment in university students.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Internet addiction and psychological inflexibility in young adults: a parallel mediation analysis of alexithymia facets within an I-PACE framework.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Effect of Childhood Trauma on Emotional Distress: A Chain-Mediated Effects of Alexithymia and Psychological Flexibility.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
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objectiveThe study aims to explore how emotional distress is affected by childhood trauma through pathways involving alexithymia and psychological flexibility, and to construct a complete model established on this foundation, which will be provided as a theoretical theory for interventions in college students' mental health.
methodsNote that 1002 college students were assessed using Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale (TAS-20), and Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-2nd Edition (AAQ-II). After removing some non-compliant questionnaires, the remaining 885 were used for data analysis.
resultsScores on childhood trauma, alexithymia, and psychological flexibility exhibited notable correlation with depression, anxiety, and stress; childhood trauma had chain mediation effects on depression, anxiety, and stress through alexithymia and psychological flexibility.
conclusionAmong college students, childhood trauma is positively associated with depression, anxiety, and stress, and impacts the relationship between them through the single mediation and chain mediation of alexithymia and psychological flexibility.
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