The Impacts of Childhood Trauma on Psychosocial Features in a Chinese Sample of Young Adults

• 영문명: The Impacts of Childhood Trauma on Psychosocial Features in a Chinese Sample of Young Adults
• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: Dandan Wang Shaojia Lu Weijia Gao Zhaoguo Wei Jinfeng Duan Shaohua Hu Manli Huang Yi Xu Lingjiang Li
• 간행물 정보: 『Psychiatry Investigation』제15권 제11호, 1046~1052쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
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• 발행일자: 2018.11.30

영문 초록

Objective The aims of the present study were to explore the occurrence of childhood trauma and importantly to determine the impacts of childhood trauma on psychosocial features in a Chinese sample of young adults. Methods A survey was carried out in a group of 555 university students by using Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Dysfunctional Attitudes Questionnaire (DAS), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS). The moderate-severe cut-off scores for CTQ were used to calculate the prevalence of childhood trauma, and then psychosocial features were compared between individuals with and without childhood trauma. Results A proportion of 18.6% of university students had self-reported childhood trauma exposures. Subjects with childhood trauma reported higher scores of SDS, SAS, DAS, and psychoticism and neuroticism dimensions of EPQ (t=4.311–5.551, p<0.001); while lower scores of SSRS and extraversion dimension of EPQ (t=-4.061– -3.039, p<0.01). Regression analyses further revealed that scores of SAS and DAS were positively (Adjusted B=0.211–0.230, p<0.05), while scores of SSRS were negatively (Adjusted B=-0.273– -0.240, p<0.05) associated with specific CTQ scores. Conclusion Childhood trauma is still a common social and psychological problem. Individuals with childhood trauma show much more depression, anxiety, distorted cognition, personality deficits, and lower levels of social support, which may represent the social and psychological vulnerability for developing psychiatric disorders after childhood trauma experiences.

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Childhood trauma Depression and anxiety Dysfunctional attitude Personality trait Social support