The impact of childhood emotional maltreatment on adolescent insomnia: a chained mediation model
Shen Q, Wang H, Liu M, Li H, Zhang T, Zhang F, Wang S, Liu Y, Deng L
BMC psychology · 11 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2025-05-14 · BMC Psychol · vol. 13 · issue 1 · p. 506
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Cited
- 14 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 15.7× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 71 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC-ND
- Research areas
- Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Keywords
- childhood emotional abuse, adolescent insomnia, psychological stress, short video addiction, serial mediation, parenting practices
- MeSH
- humans, sleep initiation and maintenance disorders, stress, psychological, models, psychological, child abuse, adolescent, child, china, female, male, surveys and questionnaires, internet addiction disorder, mediation analysis, emotional abuse
9 authors
From CN
- Qingxin ShenJishou University
- Hongyu WangChangchun Normal University
- Mengfen LiuHunan Mechanical And Electrical Polytechnic
- Haixin LiHunan University of Technology
- Tiancheng ZhangJishou University
- Fulan Zhang · correspondingJishou University
Abstract
Objective
To investigate the impact of childhood emotional maltreatment on adolescent insomnia and the serial mediating role of stress and short video addiction between the two.
Methods
A questionnaire survey was conducted among 745 adolescents from two middle schools in Hunan Province to collect data on childhood emotional maltreatment, insomnia, stress, and short video addiction. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were performed on the collected data, followed by the establishment of a serial mediation model.
Results
Childhood emotional maltreatment was significantly positively correlated with stress, short video addiction, and insomnia. Stress was significantly positively correlated with short video addiction and insomnia. Short video addiction was significantly positively correlated with insomnia. Stress (standardized indirect effect = 0.093, 95% CI: 0.070-0.118) and short video addiction (standardized indirect effect = 0.007, 95% CI: 0.001-0.015) mediated the relationship between childhood emotional maltreatment and adolescent insomnia, and they (standardized indirect effect = 0.006, 95% CI: 0.001-0.012) also had a serial mediating effect.
Conclusion
This study further elucidates the relationship between childhood emotional maltreatment and adolescent insomnia, highlighting the chain mediating role of stress and short video addiction. Guardians of adolescents should be mindful of their parenting practices, as emotional maltreatment may induce stress, which in turn can lead to short video addiction and subsequently contribute to the occurrence of insomnia.
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