Childhood adversity and behavioural addictions: the mediating role of emotion dysregulation and depression in an adult community sample

Lim, Matthew Sheng Mian; Cheung, Francis; Kho, J. M.; Tang, Camelia Qian Ying

doi:10.1080/16066359.2019.1594203

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“…An earlier study showed that childhood trauma had a significant impact on the internet gaming behaviors of adolescents among college students and both anxiety and depression significantly mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and internet gaming [40]. Another study showed that emotion dysregulation and depression mediated the association between adverse childhood experiences and the severity of food and social media addictions [86]. On the other hand, these studies did not examine sex differences and the current findings suggest the importance of considering sex differences in future research.…”

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Depression Mediates the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Internet Addiction in Female but Not Male Chinese Adolescents and Young Adults

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Zhang

Zhornitsky

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Internet addiction is associated with a range of psychological risk factors such as childhood trauma and depression. Studies have also suggested sex differences in internet and other behavioral addictions. However, it remains unclear how childhood trauma, depression and internet addiction inter-relate differently between the sexes. A total of 1749 adolescents and young adults aged 12–27 participated in a survey of sociodemographic characteristics and standardized assessments to evaluate internet addiction (Internet Addiction Test), childhood trauma (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire) and depression (Beck Depression Inventory). Mediation and path analyses were used to examine the relationship between childhood trauma, depression and internet addiction. Internet-addicted females relative to males showed more severe depression but the control participants showed the opposite. Childhood trauma was associated with depression for both internet-addicted males and females; however, internet-addicted females but not males showed significant associations between depression and the severity of internet addiction as well as between childhood trauma and the severity of internet addiction. Further, in females, depression mediated the correlations between all types of childhood trauma and the severity of internet addiction. A path analysis suggested that sexual abuse and emotional neglect contributed most significantly to internet addiction when all types of childhood trauma were examined in one model. The findings suggest sex differences in the relationship between childhood trauma, depression and internet addiction. Childhood trauma contributes to internet addiction through depression only in females. The findings may guide future prevention and intervention strategies of internet addiction.

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Depression Mediates the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Internet Addiction in Female but Not Male Chinese Adolescents and Young Adults

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Zhang

Zhornitsky

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“…CSBD has also been associated with a lifetime history of sexual abuse, particularly among men ( Slavin, Blycker, et al, 2020 ; Slavin, Scoglio, Blycker, Potenza, & Kraus, 2020 ). Unprocessed childhood trauma is an often unidentified etiological factor in the development of (interconnected) addictive behaviors ( Lim, Cheung, Kho, & Tang, 2020 ; Sundin & Lilja, 2019 ; Young, 1990 ).…”

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Substitute addictions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Vanderplasschen

Savahl

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The global spread of COVID-19, subsequent stay-at-home requirements, spatial distancing measures, and long-term isolation present additional challenges for persons in recovery. Using an illustrative case from South Africa, we discuss COVID-19 related pornography use through the lens of relapse and substitute addiction. South Africa is the epicenter of the pandemic in Africa, and has issued an alcohol and cigarette ban. Historical examples suggest that responses to forced abstinence may include compliance and abstinence, but also seeking alternatives to the original addiction and substitution. Substitution of alternative activities/objects may provide similar appetitive effects to fill the void of the terminated addictive behavior, temporarily or in the long-term. While substitutes do not necessarily portend a relapse, coupled with isolation and reduced recovery support, they can potentiate relapse to the former or ‘new’ addictive behavior. Addiction professionals should be aware of the potential for such negative impacts during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…1.2 | CEA, self-other differentiation, and problematic use of SNS Several studies (Hsieh et al, 2016;Worsley et al, 2018) suggest that problematic SNS use might be a maladaptive coping strategy for young people who have had traumatic childhood experiences. Accordingly, emotion dysregulation has been widely investigated as a mediator between childhood emotional maltreatment and addictive online behaviors (e.g., Evren et al, 2019;Kircaburun et al, 2019b;Lim et al, 2020). However, CEA not only has a negative impact on children's ability to regulate their emotions but could also undermine their developing sense of self (Bromberg, 2011) and their reflective functioning ability (Fonagy et al, 2002), that is, their capacity to understand and represent their own and others' mental states.…”

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Childhood emotional abuse and problematic social networking sites use in a sample of Italian adolescents: The mediating role of deficiencies in self‐other differentiation and uncertain reflective functioning

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Objective: Childhood emotional abuse (CEA) is associated with various negative mental health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the association between CEA and problematic social networking site (SNS) use in a sample of Italian adolescents.Design: Using structural equation modeling, the study examined whether the relationship between CEA and problematic SNS use was sequentially mediated by self-other differentiation and uncertain reflective functioning in 1308 Italian adolescents (628 males, age range 13-19 years).Results: A history of CEA was positively associated with problematic SNS use. Furthermore, deficiencies in selfother differentiation and uncertain reflective functioning partially mediated the relationship between CEA and problematic SNS use. Conclusions: The present study provides additional insight into the psychological dynamics underpinning problematicThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Childhood adversity and behavioural addictions: the mediating role of emotion dysregulation and depression in an adult community sample

Cited by 32 publications

References 58 publications

Depression Mediates the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Internet Addiction in Female but Not Male Chinese Adolescents and Young Adults

Depression Mediates the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Internet Addiction in Female but Not Male Chinese Adolescents and Young Adults

Substitute addictions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Childhood emotional abuse and problematic social networking sites use in a sample of Italian adolescents: The mediating role of deficiencies in self‐other differentiation and uncertain reflective functioning

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