Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis
BackgroundChildhood trauma has been found to have an important impact on mental health. However, little is known regarding the intercorrelations between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate such complex interplay between childhood trauma, d...
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| author | Jinjin Xia Jinjin Xia Lin Zhu Huayun Huang Pengfei Fan Meifeng Zhou Xin-lu Cai Xin-lu Cai Xin-lu Cai Hui He Hui He |
| author_facet | Jinjin Xia Jinjin Xia Lin Zhu Huayun Huang Pengfei Fan Meifeng Zhou Xin-lu Cai Xin-lu Cai Xin-lu Cai Hui He Hui He |
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| description | BackgroundChildhood trauma has been found to have an important impact on mental health. However, little is known regarding the intercorrelations between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate such complex interplay between childhood trauma, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress level during the COVID-19 pandemic, and fear of COVID-19 using network analysis.MethodsA total of 1,247 college students were recruited and were asked to complete a series of questionnaires, including the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, Post-traumatic Stress Checklist—Civilian version, and Fear of COVID-19 Scale. The Gaussian graphical model with the scores of the questionnaires as nodes was estimated. The partial correlations between nodes were calculated as edges. Moreover, network comparison tests were conducted to compare the network patterns between participants with high levels of childhood trauma and low levels of childhood trauma.ResultsChildhood trauma was found to be connected to depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress level. The node of childhood trauma exhibited the strongest strength and the highest expected influence in the network. Participants with high levels of childhood trauma and participants with low levels of childhood trauma showed comparable network structure and global strength.ConclusionOur findings revealed a complex network pattern between childhood trauma and different mental health problems, indicating that childhood trauma might be a risk factor for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33bb7762738549b1a00036ac56822c852023-09-08T12:09:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402023-09-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.12514731251473Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysisJinjin Xia0Jinjin Xia1Lin Zhu2Huayun Huang3Pengfei Fan4Meifeng Zhou5Xin-lu Cai6Xin-lu Cai7Xin-lu Cai8Hui He9Hui He10Department of Neurology, Changxing People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Huzhou, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaInstitute of Brain Science and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Changxing People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Huzhou, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Changxing People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Huzhou, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Changxing People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Huzhou, ChinaInstitute of Brain Science and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaZhejiang Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory for Research in Early Development and Childcare, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaZhejiang Key Laboratory for Research in Assessment of Cognitive Impairments, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Changxing People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Huzhou, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, ChinaBackgroundChildhood trauma has been found to have an important impact on mental health. However, little is known regarding the intercorrelations between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate such complex interplay between childhood trauma, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress level during the COVID-19 pandemic, and fear of COVID-19 using network analysis.MethodsA total of 1,247 college students were recruited and were asked to complete a series of questionnaires, including the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, Post-traumatic Stress Checklist—Civilian version, and Fear of COVID-19 Scale. The Gaussian graphical model with the scores of the questionnaires as nodes was estimated. The partial correlations between nodes were calculated as edges. Moreover, network comparison tests were conducted to compare the network patterns between participants with high levels of childhood trauma and low levels of childhood trauma.ResultsChildhood trauma was found to be connected to depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress level. The node of childhood trauma exhibited the strongest strength and the highest expected influence in the network. Participants with high levels of childhood trauma and participants with low levels of childhood trauma showed comparable network structure and global strength.ConclusionOur findings revealed a complex network pattern between childhood trauma and different mental health problems, indicating that childhood trauma might be a risk factor for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1251473/fullCOVID-19childhood traumamental healthpandemicnetwork analysis |
| spellingShingle | Jinjin Xia Jinjin Xia Lin Zhu Huayun Huang Pengfei Fan Meifeng Zhou Xin-lu Cai Xin-lu Cai Xin-lu Cai Hui He Hui He Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis Frontiers in Psychiatry COVID-19 childhood trauma mental health pandemic network analysis |
| title | Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis |
| title_full | Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis |
| title_fullStr | Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis |
| title_short | Relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a network analysis |
| title_sort | relationships between childhood trauma and mental health during the covid 19 pandemic a network analysis |
| topic | COVID-19 childhood trauma mental health pandemic network analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1251473/full |
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