Cognitive flexibility and perceived threat from COVID-19 mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and state anxiety.

Converging empirical evidence indicates that exposure to adversity in childhood is associated with increased vulnerability to mental health problems in adulthood. As early life adversity has the potential to alter an individual's appraisal of threat, we hypothesized that individuals exposed to...

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Main Authors: Vrinda Kalia, Katherine Knauft, Niki Hayatbini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243881