Background

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a common occurrence that increase risk for psychopathological symptoms in adulthood. Dispositional mindfulness is modifiable and inversely related to childhood adversity, adult psychopathology, and mechanisms that account for this relationship.

Objective

This study examined mindfulness as a moderator of relationships between ACEs and adult psychopathological symptoms.

Method

Participants were undergraduate students (N = 560, M_age = 18.5 years, 69% female, 71% White) at a large southwestern public university. Students were recruited from Introductory Psychology courses to complete an online survey and received research credit for participating. The survey assessed ACEs, mindfulness, and symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and eating pathology.

Results

Moderator analyses revealed that mindfulness moderated the ACEs-generalized anxiety relationship, F (6, 552) = 48.55, p < .001, R² = 0.33; interaction (t = 2.62, p = .01). As mindfulness increased, the ACEs-generalized anxiety relationship weakened.

Conclusions

Mindfulness may be a useful target for generalized anxiety treatment or prevention for individuals who have experienced ACEs.

中文翻译：

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不良童年经历和成人精神病理学症状：性格正念的调节作用

背景

童年不良经历 (ACE) 是一种常见事件，会增加成年后出现精神病理学症状的风险。性格正念是可以改变的，与童年逆境、成人精神病理学和解释这种关系的机制成反比。

客观的

这项研究检查了正念作为 ACE 与成人精神病理学症状之间关系的调节因素。

方法

参与者是 西南公立大学的本科生（N  = 560，  M_年龄= 18.5 岁，69% 女性，71% 白人）。从心理学入门课程中招募学生完成在线调查，并因参与而获得研究学分。该调查评估了 ACE、正念和抑郁症状、广泛性焦虑、社交焦虑、创伤后压力和饮食病理。

结果

调节器分析显示，正念调节 ACE 与广泛性焦虑的关系，F (6, 552) = 48.55，p  < .001，R ²  = 0.33；相互作用（t  = 2.62，p  = .01）。随着正念的增加，ACEs-广泛性焦虑的关系减弱。

结论

对于经历过 ACE 的人来说，正念可能是治疗或预防广泛性焦虑症的有用目标。