The Mediating Effect of Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation on the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma from Physical and Emotional Abuse and Emotional Expression in College Students

Key Points

• To examine how maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation mediates the impact of childhood trauma on emotional expression in college students.
• Conducted a survey involving 422 college students
• Measured childhood trauma using a questionnaire
• Applied emotional expressiveness scale and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation assessments
• Analyzed data for correlations and mediation effects
• Childhood trauma was significantly positively correlated with maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation
• Childhood trauma showed a significant negative correlation with emotional expression
• Trauma increased maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation and decreased emotional expression
• Indirect effects were significant, supporting a complete mediation model