Childhood adversity and health: The mediating roles of emotional expression and general trust.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examined whether adverse childhood experiences, positive emotional expressivity in personal (i.e., expressing positive emotions when good things happened to oneself) and social settings (i.e., expressing positive emotions when good things happened to others such as friends or family), and general trust predict levels of happiness and loneliness among American and Japanese participants. We also explored whether these two types of emotional expression and general trust mediate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and happiness/loneliness.

Methods

American and Japanese participants who agreed to participate in the current study first completed the Subjective Happiness Scale. Next, they answered the Emotion Expression Quest

SUBMITTER: Hirano H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616180 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature