JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (HEALTH SCIENCES) ›› 2014, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (9): 95-98.doi: 10.6040/j.issn.1671-7554.0.2013.768

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Association between childhood trauma, early adulthood executive functions and negative emotions in medical students

GAO Wen, CAO Fenglin, CUI Naixue   

  1. School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
  • Received:2013-12-24 Revised:2014-07-03 Online:2014-09-10 Published:2014-09-10
  • Contact: 曹枫林。E-mail:caofenglin2008@126.com E-mail:caofenglin2008@126.com

Abstract: Objective To explore the association between childhood trauma, executive functions, negative emotions and the mediating effects of executive functions in medical students. Methods Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SF), Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (BRIEF-A) and the depression and anxiety subscales of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) were distributed among 492 medical students. Results The results of correlative analysis showed that, sex abuse had no significant correlation with physical abuse and emotion neglect, while there was a positive correlation among the other factors. The SEM suggested that childhood trauma had a direct effect on negative emotions and indirect effect through executive functions. Conclusion Childhood trauma has a great impact on early adulthood executive functions and negative emotions. Executive functions play a mediating role between childhood trauma and negative emotions.

Key words: Executive functions, Medical student, Negative emotions, Childhood trauma

CLC Number: 

  • R395
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