ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Associations between complex post-traumatic stress disorder and intimate relationship quality: the parallel mediating roles of mentalization and playfulness.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: The association between Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and intimate relationship quality remains underexplored, particularly regarding protective factors that may buffer against trauma-related impairments. Methods: A total of 3,250 participants completed self-report surveys assessing CPTSD symptoms, intimate relationship quality, mentalization, and playfulness, with 12.8% ( Results: Our study indicates that CPTSD symptoms formed a negatively correlated network with relationship quality indicators. Structural equation modeling further showed that CPTSD was negatively associated with relationship quality, mentalization, and playfulness; while mentalization and playfulness positively associated with relationship quality. Mentalization and playfulness served as parallel mediators in the association between CPTSD and relationship quality. Conclusions: The present study is the first to reveal the dual mediating roles of mentalization and playfulness in the association between CPTSD and intimate relationship quality. Our findings suggest that enhancing mentalization and playfulness may serve as effective intervention strategies for improving relationship quality among individuals exhibiting symptoms of CPTSD.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.