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Rumination as a Moderator of the Relation between Childhood Adversity Exposure and College Students’ Psychological Distress

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: American college students (N = 598) completed self-report questionnaires assessing rumination, psychological distress while attending college (general distress, anhedonic depression, anxious arousal), and exposure to specific types of childhood adversity (i.e., emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect). Latent Moderated Structural Equation Modeling indicated that 1) rumination was associated with all three indicators of psychological distress and 2) rumination moderated associations between childhood adversity exposure and college students’ reports of general distress and anxious arousal such that associations were strongest at higher levels of rumination and weaker at lower levels of rumination. Implications regarding higher education professionals’ efforts to support college student well-being are discussed.

Source: Journal of Trauma Studies in Education

DOI: 10.70085/jtse.v3i2.6073

Authors: Brittany Alligood, Anne Fletcher, Suzanne Vrshek-Schallhorn, Michaeline Jensen

Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Language: English

Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4404413207

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