Association between adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptoms in college students: A chain mediation model of Big Five personality traits and sleep quality
The results support a chained mediation model in which adverse childhood experiences affect depressive symptoms through personality traits and sleep quality. Personality traits, especially neuroticism and agreeableness, together with sleep quality, represent key intervention targets for mitigating the long-term mental health consequences of early-life adversity among young adults.
Authors
- Biyu Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1991-8968)
- Xiaoying Zhang
- Shiyu Qin
- Ying-Huan Li
- Tongyu Pu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6961-0814)
- Yun Shang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-1309)
- Huohuo Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7109-1163)
- Xinhong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5803-0032)
- Peng Fan
- Sujie Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1254-0332)
Institutions
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Florence Nightingale Foundation (GB)
- Shanghai Children's Medical Center (CN)
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120959
- Primary Topic
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00