The effect of childhood trauma and resilience on psychopathology in adulthood: Does bullying moderate the associations?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to traumatic events in childhood, including bullying, can negatively affect physical and mental health in adulthood. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of bullying in different sociodemographic groups of the Slovak Republic and to assess the moderating effect of bullying on the associations between childhood trauma, resilience, and the later occurrence of psychopathology.

Methods

For the analyses, a representative sample of the population of the Slovak Republic was used (N = 1018, mean age 46.24 years, 48.7% of men). Multivariate linear regression models were used to investigate the predictive ability of childhood trauma (The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, CTQ) and resilience (The Brief Resilience Scale, BRS) to explain psychopa

SUBMITTER: Svecova J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature