title: The Protective Role of Resilience in Attenuating Emotional Distress and Aggression Associated with Early-life Stress in Young Enlisted Military Service Candidates.
abstract: Early life stress (ELS) may induce long-lasting psychological complications in adulthood. The protective role of resilience against the development of psychopathology is also important. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among ELS, resilience, depression, anxiety, and aggression in young adults. Four hundred sixty-one army inductees gave written informed consent and participated in this study. We assessed psychopathology using the Korea Military Personality Test, ELS using the Childhood Abuse Experience Scale, and resilience with the resilience scale. Analyses of variance, correlation analyses, and hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses were conducted for statistical analyses. The regression model explained 35.8%, 41.0%, and 23.3% of the total variance in the depression, anxiety, and aggression indices, respectively. We can find that even though ELS experience is positively associated with depression, anxiety, and aggression, resilience may have significant attenuating effect against the ELS effect on severity of these psychopathologies. Emotion regulation showed the most beneficial effect among resilience factors on reducing severity of psychopathologies. To improve mental health for young adults, ELS assessment and resilience enhancement program should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Joohan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Behavioural Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.affiliation: Gyeonggi Northern Region Military Manpower Office, Uijeongbu, Korea.
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Duk-In
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Jon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Narei
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Gyeonggi Northern Region Military Manpower Office, Uijeongbu, Korea.
authors.forename: Eunjeong
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aggression; Anxiety; Depression; Early-life Stress; Emotion Regulation; Interparental Violence; Optimism; Resilience