TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma, Pathological Dissociation, and Behavioral Addictions in Young Adults
T2 - Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study
AU - Imperatori, Claudio
AU - Barchielli, Benedetta
AU - Corazza, Ornella
AU - Carbone, Giuseppe Alessio
AU - Prevete, Elisabeth
AU - Montaldo, Simone
AU - De Rossi, Elena
AU - Massullo, Chiara
AU - Tarsitani, Lorenzo
AU - Ferracuti, Stefano
AU - Pasquini, Massimo
AU - Biondi, Massimo
AU - Farina, Benedetto
AU - Bersani, Francesco Saverio
PY - 2023/2/22
Y1 - 2023/2/22
N2 - Interactions between childhood trauma (CT) and dissociation can contribute to psychiatric disturbances. We explored this phenomenon in relation to behavioral addictions (BAs) in a sample (
n = 633) of young adults (age: 18-34 years). Self-report measures investigating CT, dissociation, and symptoms related to gambling disorder, internet gaming disorder, problematic social media use, exercise dependence and compulsive buying were used. Scales related to BAs were summarized into a single measure ("Total Behavioral Addiction Index" - TBAI) for inferential analyses. A model analyzing the direct and indirect effects of CT on TBAI through the mediation of pathological dissociation was performed, controlling for confounding factors. Measures on CT, dissociation, and TBAI were significantly associated with each other (all
p < .001). The total effect of CT on TBAI was significant (B = 0.063; CI: 0.045; 0.081); pathological dissociation significantly mediated such association (B = 0.023; CI: 0.013; 0.036). Our findings support the possibility that the interaction between CT and dissociation contributes to increase disturbances related to BAs.
AB - Interactions between childhood trauma (CT) and dissociation can contribute to psychiatric disturbances. We explored this phenomenon in relation to behavioral addictions (BAs) in a sample (
n = 633) of young adults (age: 18-34 years). Self-report measures investigating CT, dissociation, and symptoms related to gambling disorder, internet gaming disorder, problematic social media use, exercise dependence and compulsive buying were used. Scales related to BAs were summarized into a single measure ("Total Behavioral Addiction Index" - TBAI) for inferential analyses. A model analyzing the direct and indirect effects of CT on TBAI through the mediation of pathological dissociation was performed, controlling for confounding factors. Measures on CT, dissociation, and TBAI were significantly associated with each other (all
p < .001). The total effect of CT on TBAI was significant (B = 0.063; CI: 0.045; 0.081); pathological dissociation significantly mediated such association (B = 0.023; CI: 0.013; 0.036). Our findings support the possibility that the interaction between CT and dissociation contributes to increase disturbances related to BAs.
U2 - 10.1080/15299732.2023.2181479
DO - 10.1080/15299732.2023.2181479
M3 - Article
C2 - 36814178
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
JF - Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
SN - 1529-9732
ER -