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  • Title: Examination of the indirect effect of childhood emotional trauma on internalizing symptoms through distress intolerance.
    Author: Yang MJ, Sawhney V, McHugh RK, Leyro TM.
    Journal: J Am Coll Health; 2022 Jul; 70(5):1347-1353. PubMed ID: 32877634.
    Abstract:
    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.
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