Summit

2025 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2025

Positive Emotion Regulation Mediates the Relationship between Childhood Experiences and Loneliness in Medical Students

Virtual · October 2025

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • 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.

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