Anxiety mediates the relationship between childhood adversity and perceived current life stress in a diverse sample of emerging adults

Autor: Cinthia S. Tao, Nayani Ramakrishnan, Matthew McPhee, Olivia Podolak Lewandowska, Suzanne Erb
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 256-265 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0267-3843
2164-4527
02673843
DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2021.1910050
Popis: Childhood adversity is associated with increased current life stress in adulthood and is often influenced by subjective appraisals related to anxiety. Anxiety is a multifaceted construct that includes variability in assumed presentation. The current study assessed the unique mediating effects of both trait and symptom-based anxiety on childhood adversity and current life stress. Undergraduate students enrolled in a large, urban, public university (N = 638, 89% non-Caucasian) completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Perceived Stress Scale. A parallel mediation demonstrated that both trait and symptom-based anxiety fully mediated the relationship between childhood adversity and perceived current life stress and that these effects are statistically different (b = .112, SE = .020, 95% CI [.074, .153]). Thus, we demonstrated a unique mediating role of two different anxiety indices that varied in strength of their respective contributions to the model.
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