The Key Role of Personality Functioning in Understanding the Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Loneliness: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis
The findings highlight self-functioning impairments as a key mechanism linking both cumulative and specific ACEs and loneliness, suggesting a need for a targeted focus on self-related impairments. Longitudinal studies are needed to clarify the developmental trajectories.
Authors
- Roberto Viviani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7517-6006)
- Jeff Maerz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8486-9373)
- Karin Labek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5775-3076)
Institutions
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Universität Ulm (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Sciences
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15060551
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00