Associations between childhood maltreatment and overt aggression in depressed adolescents: the mediating effect of alexithymia and insomnia
The risk of overt aggression is significantly higher in depressed adolescents and is significantly associated with CM, insomnia, and alexithymia. Additionally, insomnia and alexithymia may play a mediating role between CM and overt aggression. Given these findings, comprehensive interventions for depressed adolescents with adverse childhood experiences, insomnia, and alexithymia, should be emphasized in clinical practice to effectively reduce their risk of overt aggression.
Authors
- Lewei Liu
- Nali Zhang
- Xuemei Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-5586)
- L. Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9757-8172)
- Feng Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8750-5340)
- Tiantian Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4446-7353)
- Jiawei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-8617)
- Lili Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6793-3942)
- Qianqian Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-4034)
- Shengran Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7815-6293)
Institutions
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Bozhou People's Hospital (CN)
- Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1619353
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31