Pathways from Childhood Trauma to Internet Addiction: Mediating Roles of Emotion Dysregulation and Depression, and Moderating Role of Resilience.
Increasing evidence indicates a meaningful association between childhood trauma and Internet addiction; however, less is known with respect to the psychological mechanism underlying this relationship. The present study examined the serial mediating roles of emotion dysregulation and depression, and...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Psychology Vol. 160; no. 3; pp. 347 - 371 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2026
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