Is it possible to find meaning in life after adverse childhood experiences? Hope and loneliness as serial mediators

Key Points

• This research aims to explore how childhood trauma influences one's sense of meaning in life through the mediators of hope and loneliness.
• Analyzed relationships between childhood experiences, hope, loneliness, and perceived meaning in life
• Utilized mediation analysis to assess the role of hope and loneliness
• Hope and loneliness significantly mediated the impact of childhood trauma on meaning in life
• Higher levels of hope correlated with greater meaning, while loneliness negatively impacted this perception