Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Maladaptive Daydreaming among Adolescents: Moderating role of Trait Mindfulness

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The present investigation looked at the effect of trait mindfulness in mediating the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and maladaptive daydreaming in adolescents. A purposive sample of 200 adolescents (100 male and 100 female) from Swabi, age ranges from 13-18 years were selected. Data were collected using Childhood Emotional Maltreatment questionnaire (Clarke, 2015), 16-Item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale (Somer et al., 2016) and Five Facet Mindfulness questionnaire (Baer et al., 2006). The findings demonstrated a positive association between childhood emotional maltreatment and maladaptive daydreaming, but a negative relationship between childhood emotional maltreatment and trait mindfulness. In addition, trait mindfulness acts as a mediator between early emotional maltreatment and maladaptive daydreaming. However, no significant differences in childhood emotional abuse, maladaptive daydreaming, and trait mindfulness were detected across male and female adolescents, school and college students, and in joint and nuclear family systems. The research focused on the protruding importance of child’s emotional needs in order to overcome their mental health concerns.