In this study, the relationship was examined of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with difficulties in emotion regulation and symptom severity in individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD). The study included 71 patients diagnosed with SAD and a healthy control group of 73 subjects. Data for all the participants were collected using a sociodemographic data form, the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, the Adverse Childhood Experiences-Turkish Form scale, and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16. The study results showed a higher probability of ACEs and difficulties in emotion regulation in the SAD group than in the control group. The difficulties in emotion regulation in the SAD group were correlated with symptom severity and these difficulties were found to play a mediating role between trauma and symptom severity. It was emphasized that emotion regulation skills were an important factor in the treatment of SAD patients. It can be suggested that therapies and interventions to develop emotion regulation skills could be effective in the management of SAD symptoms. It was thus concluded that ACEs and difficulties in emotion regulation are associated with SAD symptoms and should be taken into consideration in treatment. This study emphasizes the importance of emotion regulation skills for SAD treatment and can be considered to be of guidance for future studies.

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不良童年经历和社交焦虑症的症状严重程度：情绪调节的作用


在这项研究中，研究了社交焦虑症（SAD）患者不良童年经历（ACE）与情绪调节困难和症状严重程度之间的关系。该研究包括 71 名被诊断患有 SAD 的患者和由 73 名受试者组成的健康对照组。所有参与者的数据均使用社会人口统计数据表、利博维茨社交焦虑量表、不良童年经历土耳其语量表和情绪调节困难量表 16 来收集。研究结果显示，与对照组相比，SAD 组出现 ACE 的概率更高，情绪调节困难也更高。 SAD 组的情绪调节困难与症状严重程度相关，并且这些困难被发现在创伤和症状严重程度之间发挥中介作用。强调情绪调节能力是SAD患者治疗的重要因素。可以认为，培养情绪调节技能的治疗和干预措施可以有效控制季节性情感障碍症状。因此得出的结论是，ACE 和情绪调节困难与 SAD 症状相关，在治疗时应予以考虑。这项研究强调了情绪调节技能对于 SAD 治疗的重要性，可以认为对未来的研究具有指导意义。