The impact of childhood trauma on short video addiction: psychological and morphological correlates
Yao Q, Gao Y, Liu C, Li X, Jin W, Wang Q
Scientific reports · 1 citation
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City
- Government
- Tianjin Municipal Education Commission
- University or hospital
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
- University or hospital
- Guilin Medical University
- Government
- the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government
- Tianjin Municipal Education Commission Research Plan Project
- Government
- the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin
- University or hospital
- Open Fund of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience
- Government
- the Open Research Fund of the Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Science of Anhui Province on Adolescent Mental Health and Crisis Intelligence Intervention
- University or hospital
- the Open Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
- Grants
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (202401); National Natural Science Foundation of China (32000786); Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (23JCYBJC00910)
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Publication
- Published
- 2025-05-30 · Sci Rep · vol. 15 · issue 1 · p. 18999
- Publisher
- Nature Portfolio
- Cited
- 4 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 7.6× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 79 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC-ND
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- childhood trauma, short video addiction, emotional neglect, physical neglect, gray matter volume, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, prefrontal cortex, superior temporal gyrus, structural MRI, mediation analysis, addiction risk
- MeSH
- prefrontal cortex, humans, magnetic resonance imaging, behavior, addictive, child abuse, adolescent, adult, child, female, male, young adult, gray matter, adverse childhood experiences, internet addiction disorder
6 authors
From CN
- Qiong YaoHefei Normal University
- Yuanyuan GaoTianjin Normal University
- Chang LiuTianjin Normal University
- Xiang LiTianjin Normal University
- Weipeng JinTianjin Huanhu Hospital; Tianjin Medical University
- Qiang WangTianjin Normal University
Abstract
This study explored the relationship between childhood trauma and short-video addiction (SVA) symptoms, alongside exploring the potential morphological substrate underlying this association. Among three independent datasets (Dataset 1: n = 980; Dataset 2: n = 1260; Dataset 3: n = 190), we found consistent positive correlations between childhood trauma and SVA symptoms, particularly in emotion abuse and physical neglect sub-dimensions. Additionally, we identified differential patterns in high- and low-risk addiction groups, with emotional neglect playing a critical role in the development of addiction, especially among low-risk individuals. Structural MRI data were collected in dataset 3, univariate analysis revealed that gray matter volumes (GMV) in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), orbitofrontal cortex, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, frontal pole, and superior temporal gyrus were positively correlated with SVA symptoms. Within this dataset, mediation analysis showed that GMV in the dlPFC mediated the effect of physical neglect on SVA symptoms, suggesting that childhood trauma, particularly physical neglect, influences SVA symptoms through GMV strength in prefrontal cortex. These findings emphasize the critical role of childhood trauma in the development of short video addiction and underscore the need for targeted interventions addressing both psychological and neural aspects of addiction.
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