The purpose of this study was to verify the mediating effect of emotional dysregulation and interpersonal problems in the relationship between childhood trauma and depression. To this end, a survey was conducted on 400 adults nationwide. The results o...
The purpose of this study was to verify the mediating effect of emotional dysregulation and interpersonal problems in the relationship between childhood trauma and depression. To this end, a survey was conducted on 400 adults nationwide. The results of this study are as follows. First, emotional dysregulation did not have a significant mediating effect in the relationship between childhood trauma and depression. Second, interpersonal problems were found to have a partial mediating effect in the relationship between childhood trauma and depression. Third, emotional dysregulation and interpersonal problems were found to sequentially mediate the relationship between childhood trauma and depression. Through this, it was confirmed that the process through which childhood trauma causes depression is not a simple causal path, but rather a complex mechanism of accumulated damage to emotional processing and interpersonal function. Finally, the significance and limitations of this study were discussed based on the results.