Summit
2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025
Positive Emotion Regulation Mediates the Relationship between Childhood Experiences and Loneliness in Medical Students
- Lauren Walkon
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine - Michael Nazmifar
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine - Tina Izad
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine - Rachel Lloyd
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine - Changiz Mohiyeddini
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Abstract
We examined how positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and emotion regulation relate to loneliness in 94 medical students. PCEs (β = –0.395) and positive regulation (β = –0.263) predicted lower loneliness; negative regulation was non-significant. Results support a mediation model where emotion regulation links early relational warmth to reduced loneliness.
Loneliness