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Fallah Tafti A, Hajiha Z, Momeni F, Dehghan M. The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Identity Disturbance in Male Adolescents with the Mediating Role of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Executive Function Deficits. PCP 2025; 13 (2)
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1- Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran , alirezafallah1684@gmail.com
2- Department of clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Psychosis Research Centre, Clinical Psychology Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Department of Health Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health) Tehran Institute of psychiatry (Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Psychosis Research Centre, Clinical Psychology Department, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Department of Health Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health) Tehran Institute of psychiatry (Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Objective: The present study examined the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties and executive function deficits in the relationship between childhood traumas and identity disturbance in adolescent boys.
Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study utilizes a correlational design employing structural equation modeling. A sample of 311 adolescent boys from Yazd City, Iran, was included in the study (mean age = 16.95 years) and selected through convenience and purposive sampling. Data were collected through a childhood trauma questionnaire, difficulties in emotion regulation scale (short form), cognitive abilities questionnaire, and adolescent identity development questionnaire.
Results: The final model indicated that the direct relationship between childhood trauma and identity disturbance was not significant. Instead, this relationship was mediated by executive function deficits and difficulties in emotion regulation. The direct relationship between childhood trauma and emotion regulation difficulty was not significant; instead, childhood trauma affected difficulties in emotion regulation through the mediation of executive function deficits. Therefore, in the relationship between childhood trauma and identity disturbance, emotion regulation functioned as a second-order mediating variable.
Conclusion: Considering emotion regulation and executive functions in designing preventive and therapeutic interventions can be beneficial when working with adolescents experiencing identity disturbance and childhood traumatic experiences.
Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study utilizes a correlational design employing structural equation modeling. A sample of 311 adolescent boys from Yazd City, Iran, was included in the study (mean age = 16.95 years) and selected through convenience and purposive sampling. Data were collected through a childhood trauma questionnaire, difficulties in emotion regulation scale (short form), cognitive abilities questionnaire, and adolescent identity development questionnaire.
Results: The final model indicated that the direct relationship between childhood trauma and identity disturbance was not significant. Instead, this relationship was mediated by executive function deficits and difficulties in emotion regulation. The direct relationship between childhood trauma and emotion regulation difficulty was not significant; instead, childhood trauma affected difficulties in emotion regulation through the mediation of executive function deficits. Therefore, in the relationship between childhood trauma and identity disturbance, emotion regulation functioned as a second-order mediating variable.
Conclusion: Considering emotion regulation and executive functions in designing preventive and therapeutic interventions can be beneficial when working with adolescents experiencing identity disturbance and childhood traumatic experiences.
Keywords: Executive function, Emotional regulation, Identity disturbance, Adverse childhood experiences, Adolescent
Type of Study: Original Research Article |
Subject:
Cognitive behavioral
Received: 2025/01/30 | Accepted: 2025/03/1 | Published: 2025/04/5
Received: 2025/01/30 | Accepted: 2025/03/1 | Published: 2025/04/5
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