Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic Partially Mediates the Relationship between Interpersonal Trauma Exposure and Greater Internalizing Symptoms

We tested the potential mediating role of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic in the relation between interpersonal or non-interpersonal trauma histories and internalizing symptoms. Interpersonal trauma was associated with more loneliness than non-interpersonal trauma, and loneliness partially mediated the relation between interpersonal trauma and internalizing symptoms.