TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The interrelationship between child abuse, emotional processing difficulties, alexithymia and psychological symptoms among Chinese adolescents
JO  - Journal of trauma and dissociation
A1  - Chung, Man Cheung
A1  - Chen, Zhuo Sheng
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This study examined the interrelationship between child abuse, emotional processing difficulties, alexithymia, and psychological symptoms with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms from past traumas adjusted among Chinese adolescents. Eight hundred adolescents completed questionnaires measuring the preceding psychological constructs. After controlling for PTSD from past trauma, structural equation modeling showed that child abuse correlated with emotional processing difficulty which correlated with alexithymia. In turn, alexithymia correlated with psychological symptom severity. To conclude, child abuse can affect psychological health among Chinese adolescents. This relationship, however, is influenced by the degree to which processing distressing emotions and getting in touch with internal feelings is avoided.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1529-9732
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1788689
ID  - ref1
ER  -