Emotion Dysregulation Mediates the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Anxious Arousal and Apprehension

Emotion dysregulation (ED) was examined as a mediator of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and anxious apprehension and anxious arousal. ED fully mediated the relationship between ACEs and anxious apprehension and partially mediated the relationship between ACEs and anxious arousal. The etiology of anxiety will be discussed.