Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate whether the symptoms of depression, childhood negative experiences, emotional regulation, and self-suffering are affected or not. In the collection of data, Beck Depression Reserve, Childhood Negative Experience Scale, Cognitive Emotional Regulation Scale- 18 Substance Short Form and Self-Sensitivity Scale were used and applied to 342 participants aged 18-64. According to the research findings, there is a meaningful relationship between depression and childhood negative experiences, many of the underdimensions of the scale of cognitive emotional regulation and the scale of self-consciousness. Symptoms of depression have been found to be affected by childhood negative experiences, the low dimension of disastrousness of the scale of cognitive emotional regulation and the low dimension of self-consciousness by social isolation and self-love.

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The present study seeks to understand the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, emotion regulation, self-compassion and depressive symptoms. It was hypothesized that adverse childhood experiences, emotion dysregulation and lack of self-compassion would predict depressive symptoms. Beck Depression Inventory, Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire Short-18 Item Version and the Self-Compassion Scale were administered to 342 participants ages 18-64. According to the findings of this study, there were significant relations among Depression, Adverse Childhood Experiences, most of the subscales of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Scale and Self-Compassion Subscales. Depression was predicted by Adverse Childhood Experiences, the catastrophizing subscale of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the social isolation and self-kindness subscales of the Self-Compassion Scale.