Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education
Background: Previous research has established that childhood emotional abuse has long-term, negative consequences for adult mental health. Yet, less is known about the ways that social relationship and education intersect to shape the link between childhood emotional abuse and mental health in adult...
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| author | Jung, Jong Hyun Soo, Joy Shi Hui |
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| description | Background: Previous research has established that childhood emotional abuse has long-term, negative consequences for adult mental health. Yet, less is known about the ways that social relationship and education intersect to shape the link between childhood emotional abuse and mental health in adulthood. Aim: The current study aims to examine whether perceived quality of social relationships moderates the association between childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health. Moreover, it assesses how the moderating effect of perceived quality of social relationship differs across levels of education. Method: The current study analyzes data from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey, a nationally representative sampling of Korean adults. It uses OLS regression models. Results: Childhood emotional abuse is positively associated with depression and psychological distress in adulthood. However, perceived quality of social relationships mitigates the positive association of childhood emotional abuse with depression and psychological distress. Further, this buffering effect of perceived quality of social relationships operates only for individuals with less than or equal to a high school education, but not for individuals with college education or more. Conclusion: The results lend support to the resource substitution thesis, suggesting that positive perceptions of social relationship act as a protective factor against childhood emotional abuse for individuals with lower levels of education. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1708782023-10-04T04:42:28Z Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education Jung, Jong Hyun Soo, Joy Shi Hui School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Sociology Mental Health Childhood Adversity Background: Previous research has established that childhood emotional abuse has long-term, negative consequences for adult mental health. Yet, less is known about the ways that social relationship and education intersect to shape the link between childhood emotional abuse and mental health in adulthood. Aim: The current study aims to examine whether perceived quality of social relationships moderates the association between childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health. Moreover, it assesses how the moderating effect of perceived quality of social relationship differs across levels of education. Method: The current study analyzes data from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey, a nationally representative sampling of Korean adults. It uses OLS regression models. Results: Childhood emotional abuse is positively associated with depression and psychological distress in adulthood. However, perceived quality of social relationships mitigates the positive association of childhood emotional abuse with depression and psychological distress. Further, this buffering effect of perceived quality of social relationships operates only for individuals with less than or equal to a high school education, but not for individuals with college education or more. Conclusion: The results lend support to the resource substitution thesis, suggesting that positive perceptions of social relationship act as a protective factor against childhood emotional abuse for individuals with lower levels of education. 2023-10-04T04:42:28Z 2023-10-04T04:42:28Z 2023 Journal Article Jung, J. H. & Soo, J. S. H. (2023). Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69(6), 1335-1344. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00207640231161295 0020-7640 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170878 10.1177/00207640231161295 36967579 2-s2.0-85151093194 6 69 1335 1344 en International Journal of Social Psychiatry © 2023 The Author(s). All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Sociology Mental Health Childhood Adversity Jung, Jong Hyun Soo, Joy Shi Hui Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education |
| title | Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education |
| title_full | Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education |
| title_fullStr | Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education |
| title_short | Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education |
| title_sort | childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education |
| topic | Social sciences::Sociology Mental Health Childhood Adversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170878 |
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