TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Examination of the indirect effect of childhood emotional trauma on internalizing symptoms through distress intolerance
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Yang, Min-Jeong
A1  - Sawhney, Vyom
A1  - McHugh, R. Kathryn
A1  - Leyro, Teresa M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Extant studies document a prospective link between early childhood trauma and internalizing symptoms, such as anxiety and depression. Less is known regarding specific cognitive-affective mechanisms. The current study sought to examine distress intolerance (DI) as a mechanism that may explain the relation between early childhood emotional abuse and internalizing symptoms.     PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: Participants (N = 230; 54.3% women; mean age = 19.72, SD = 2.28) completed multiple self-report indices of early childhood emotional abuse, DI, and internalizing symptom indices. Using structural equation modeling, a series of mediation models was run to examine the indirect effect of childhood emotional abuse on latent and specific internalizing symptom indices through a latent index of subjective DI.     RESULTS: Childhood emotional abuse was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms through DI (effect size range =.083-.227, medium to large).     CONCLUSIONS: The results provide preliminary evidence for DI as a mechanism of interest in the relation between early childhood emotional abuse and internalizing symptoms.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1810053
ID  - ref1
ER  -