Author(s)

Xuhui Lin ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China

Corresponding Author

Xuhui Lin

ABSTRACT

Developmental psychopathology theory and biosocial theory explain how traumatic childhood trauma impact and translate into adolescent mental health problems from a sociocultural perspective. Adolescents who have been exposed to childhood trauma are often profoundly affected in their psychological developmental trajectory, developing a range of complex emotions and behaviors such as insecure attachments, diminished emotional regulation, dysphoria, and susceptibility to anger expression, which ultimately lead to mental health problems such as depression, social anxiety, non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, and aggressive behaviors. In recent years, a large number of studies have been conducted to verify the relationship between childhood trauma and these mental health problems and the formation mechanism of these problems, and have achieved fruitful results. Future research should focus on the diversity of experimental groups, the combination of relevant design and experimental research to explore the causal relationship between the two, as well as research on childhood trauma from the perspective of prevention and intervention.

KEYWORDS

Childhood trauma, adolescents, mental health

CITE THIS PAPER

Xuhui Lin, Childhood Trauma: Effects on Adolescents' Mental Health. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 43-50. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050306.

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