Accumulating empirical evidence has demonstrated that early life adversity (ELA) is closely associated with depressive symptoms. However, previous studies focused on the relationship between a single dimension of ELA and depressive symptoms without taking other dimensions of ELA into consideration. The relationships between depressive symptoms and different types of ELAs warrant further exploration. The regularized partial correlation network analysis was utilized to examine the direct associations between each type of ELA and depressive symptoms, after controlling for the influence of other variables. Given concerns about the replicability of networks from network analysis, an independent sample was used to verify the stability of the observed network structure occurring in the main sample. The network structure revealed that depressive symptoms were independently associated with each type of ELA. Moreover, among all ELA nodes, childhood emotional abuse was most closely linked to depressive symptoms and showed the highest expected influence. No significant differences were found between the two networks in global connectivity (difference = 0.29, p = 0.44) and structure (difference = 0.12, p = 0.29), indicating the good replicability of the network structure. Findings suggest that childhood emotional maltreatment plays a central role in linking ELA and depressive symptoms in adulthood. Therefore, interventions against emotional trauma in childhood seem most likely to thrive in adulthood.

越来越多的经验证据表明，早期生活逆境（ELA）与抑郁症状密切相关。然而，以往的研究主要集中在 ELA 的单一维度与抑郁症状之间的关系，而没有考虑 ELA 的其他维度。抑郁症状与不同类型的 ELA 之间的关系值得进一步探索。在控制了其他变量的影响后，正则化偏相关网络分析用于检查每种类型的 ELA 与抑郁症状之间的直接关联。鉴于网络分析对网络可复制性的担忧，使用独立样本来验证主样本中观察到的网络结构的稳定性。网络结构显示抑郁症状与每种类型的 ELA 独立相关。此外，在所有 ELA 节点中，童年情感虐待与抑郁症状的联系最为密切，并显示出最高的预期影响。两个网络在全球连通性方面没有发现显着差异（差异 = 0.29，p = 0.44) 和结构 (difference = 0.12, p = 0.29)，表明网络结构具有良好的可复制性。研究结果表明，童年时期的情感虐待在 ELA 和成年后的抑郁症状之间起着核心作用。因此，针对儿童期情绪创伤的干预措施似乎最有可能在成年期蓬勃发展。