Interpersonal sensitivity and adverse childhood experiences among medical college students: the mediating role of negative emotions / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship between adverse childhood experiences,negative emotions and interpersonal sensitivity.Methods Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACEQ),Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) and the Interpersonal Sensitivity Subscale of Symptom Check-List (SCL-90) were applied to investigate the 492 new enrolled medical students.Results Boys got higher ACEQ scores than girls; Compared with only-child,non-only-child scored higher in depression,interpersonal sensitivity; Compared with students from non-rural areas,those from rural areas got higher scores in depression,anxiety stress,interpersonal sensitivity.There existed significant differences of scores on ACEQ,depression,anxiety,stress,interpersonal sensitivity among children of fathers of different educational level; while differences of scores on depression,anxiety,interpersonal sensitivity among children of mothers of different education level were statistically significant.There were significantly differences of scores on depression,anxiety,stress,interpersonal sensitivity among participants with 0,1,2 and 3 or more ACEQ.The results of correlative analysis provided evidence that adverse childhood experiences,all the factors of negative emotions and interpersonal sensitivity were significantly positively correlative.The SEM suggested that adverse childhood experiences had an indirect effect on interpersonal sensitivity through negative emotions.Conclusions Adverse childhood experiences has a great influence on negative emotions and interpersonal sensitivity.Negative emotions has a completely mediating role between adverse childhood experiences and interpersonal sensitivity.