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Effects of Childhood Trauma on College Adjustment: Sequential Mediation Effect by Stress Vulnerability and Depression

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2024, 37(4), pp.25-45
  • DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2024.12.37.4.25
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
  • Received : October 29, 2024
  • Accepted : November 24, 2024
  • Published : December 15, 2024

Yun, Jin-young 1

1세명대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the association between childhood trauma and college adjustment by, focusing on the mediating roles of stress vulnerability and depression. A total of 531 first-year students(230 men and 301 women) completed self-reported questionnaires assessing childhood trauma, stress vulnerability, depression, and college adjustment. The major results of this study are as follows: First, childhood trauma, stress vulnerability, depression, and college adjustment significantly correlated. Second, stress vulnerability and depression sequentially mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and college adjustment among first-year students. Based on these results, related intervention strategies and implications of these findings are suggested. Finally, the significance and limitations of the study are discussed.

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