Liu Xiqin, Yao Ye, Zhu Siyu, Gong Qiyong
Department of Radiology, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Institute of Radiology, Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Research Unit of Psychoradiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2025 Dec;16(1):2456322. doi: 10.1080/20008066.2025.2456322. Epub 2025 Feb 3.
Studies have shown that media exposure to critical public events can lead to secondary traumatic stress (STS). Personal trauma history, self-compassion and resilience are important factors influencing STS in healthy professionals. However, whether these variables are associated with social media-induced STS in college students and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the complex relationship linking childhood trauma to social media-induced STS in a large sample of college students. A total of 1151 Chinese college students from Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China completed a web-based cross-sectional survey, which included standard assessments of childhood trauma, self-compassion, resilience and social media-induced STS, as well as sociodemographic questionnaires. The chain mediation model was tested using the PROCESS macro programme in SPSS software. There was a moderate correlation between childhood trauma and social media-induced STS (0.34, < .001). This association was significantly mediated by self-compassion (indirect effect [95% CI] = 0.14[0.11, 0.17]) and resilience (indirect effect = 0.03[0.01, 0.04]), respectively. Further, a chained mediating effect was observed with self-compassion and resilience consecutively mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and social media-induced STS (indirect effect = 0.02[0.01, 0.03]). These results persisted after sociodemographic characteristics were included as controlling variables. Early life trauma impacts STS induced by exposure to traumatic materials on social media through self-compassion and resilience among Chinese college students. Psychological interventions targeting self-compassion and resilience can be implemented to reduce the risk of STS, especially in vulnerable individuals.
研究表明，接触重大公共事件的媒体报道可能导致继发性创伤应激（STS）。个人创伤史、自我同情和心理韧性是影响健康专业人员发生STS的重要因素。然而，这些变量是否与大学生社交媒体引发的STS相关以及潜在机制尚不清楚。本研究的目的是在大量大学生样本中探讨童年创伤与社交媒体引发的STS之间的复杂关系。来自中国四川省成都市的1151名中国大学生完成了一项基于网络的横断面调查，其中包括对童年创伤、自我同情、心理韧性和社交媒体引发的STS的标准评估，以及社会人口学问卷。使用SPSS软件中的PROCESS宏程序对链式中介模型进行了检验。童年创伤与社交媒体引发的STS之间存在中度相关性（0.34，<0.001）。这种关联分别通过自我同情（间接效应[95%CI]=0.14[0.11，0.17]）和心理韧性（间接效应=0.03[0.01，0.04]）显著介导。此外，观察到自我同情和心理韧性连续介导童年创伤与社交媒体引发的STS之间的关系的链式中介效应（间接效应=0.02[0.01，0.03]）。将社会人口学特征作为控制变量纳入后，这些结果仍然成立。在中国大学生中，早年创伤通过自我同情和心理韧性影响因接触社交媒体上的创伤性材料而引发的STS。可以实施针对自我同情和心理韧性的心理干预措施，以降低发生STS的风险，尤其是在易感个体中。
