The relationship between childhood trauma and social anxiety in college students: the mediating role of evaluation fear
Fear of positive and negative evaluation plays a mediating role in the impact of childhood trauma on social anxiety. This finding provides a new perspective for understanding the formation mechanism of social anxiety and offers a scientific basis for developing effective intervention strategies.
Authors
- Huoyin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8772-732X)
- Erin X. Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-8963)
- Xinyi Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3591-5955)
- Hao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5624-9217)
- Wei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4944-5057)
- Xin Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8515-0504)
Institutions
- China West Normal University (CN)
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Northeast Normal University (CN)
- Chengdu Normal University (CN)
- Sichuan Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06668-9
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23