There are few studies that measure the effects of childhood emotional trauma on female college students’ positive perceptions and attitudes toward their present lives. Therefore, this study analyzes how female college students’ emotional trauma induced by child emotional abuse influences their flourishing as adults. To this end, a descriptive survey via an online platform was conducted from November 26 to December 3, 2022. The participants were 318 female college students aged 18 to 35 in South Korea, who experienced parental emotional abuse when they were younger than 18 years old. The survey was conducted to validate the moderating effects of resilience and cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between female college students’ childhood emotional trauma and flourishing. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and Hayes’ PROCESS macro. Self-blame, other-blame, and positive refocusing factors of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were found to moderate the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and flourishing. Specifically, the self-blame strategy intensified the negative moderation effect. As flourishing depends on the degree of self-blame, fostering optimism by mitigating self-blame is necessary. The other-blame strategy attenuated the negative impact of childhood emotional trauma on flourishing. Nevertheless, this strategy can weaken emotions if individuals fail to regulate them independently. A positive refocusing strategy also effectively moderated the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and flourishing by alleviating the former’s adverse effects. By contrast, resilience lacked a moderation effect. To overcome past emotional adversities and lead a flourishing life, interventions that actively utilize relational resources within the campus and regulate irrational beliefs, such as self-blame and blame toward others are necessary. These findings provide critical foundational data for the development of programs aimed at fostering a forward-thinking cognitive framework, thus enabling them to focus on future plans despite memories of emotional abuse.

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女大学生的童年情感创伤与繁荣


很少有研究衡量童年情感创伤对女大学生对当前生活的积极认知和态度的影响。因此，本研究分析了女大学生因儿童情感虐待而引起的情感创伤如何影响她们成年后的蓬勃发展。为此，于 2022 年 11 月 26 日至 12 月 3 日通过在线平台进行了描述性调查。参与者是韩国 318 名年龄在 18 至 35 岁之间的女大学生，她们在不到 18 岁时遭受过父母的情感虐待。该调查旨在验证心理弹性和认知情绪调节策略对女大学生童年情感创伤与繁荣之间关系的调节作用。使用描述性统计、t 检验、方差分析、Pearson 相关系数和 Hayes 的 PROCESS 宏对数据进行分析。发现认知情绪调节问卷的自我责备、他人责备和积极的重新聚焦因素可以调节童年情感创伤与繁荣之间的关系。具体来说，自责策略加剧了负调节效应。由于繁荣取决于自责的程度，因此通过减轻自责来培养乐观主义是必要的。他者责备策略减轻了童年情感创伤对繁荣的负面影响。然而，如果个人不能独立调节情绪，这种策略会削弱情绪。积极的重新聚焦策略还通过减轻前者的不利影响，有效地调节了童年情感创伤与繁荣之间的关系。相比之下，韧性缺乏调节作用。 为了克服过去的情绪逆境并过上繁荣的生活，有必要采取干预措施，积极利用校园内的关系资源并调节非理性信念，例如自责和责备他人。这些发现为旨在培养前瞻性认知框架的计划开发提供了关键的基础数据，从而使他们能够在情感虐待的记忆中专注于未来的计划。