A new study, published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, investigates the effects of belongingness on adult mental health, outcomes of childhood trauma, and risky alcohol use. The results of the study suggest a feeling of belonging in childhood may serve as a protective factor for difficulties with mental health and adverse outcomes of childhood trauma later in life.
“Overall, the negative total association of childhood trauma with adult mental health and risky alcohol use was partially mediated by a sense of belonging, indicating that a sense of belonging may buffer the impact of childhood trauma on later mental health outcomes and therefore potentially decrease later risky alcohol use in adulthood,” writes lead author Chelsey Torgerson, a researcher at the School of Family Studies and Human Services.
Research suggests rates of depression, anxiety disorders, and other mental health issues are exhibited at higher rates in children that have been exposed to traumatic events. Childhood trauma has been associated with psychosis and psychotic symptomology and is linked to an increased chance of substance use in adulthood.
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