Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of childhood trauma in predicting social cognition.
Methodology: The research method of this study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population included students of the Islamic Azad University, Roodehen Branch, with an age range of 20 years and above, with no history of any neurological or psychiatric disorders, acquired brain injury that caused loss of consciousness for more than 1 minute, substance abuse in the past 6 months (based on self-report), and a history of neurological disorders (such as epilepsy), who were studying in the year (1400-1401) and from among them, 336 students were selected through available sampling. To collect the data of this study, the eye-image mind-reading questionnaire (2001), (RMET), the Bernstein Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (2003) (CTQ), were used. Data analysis was performed using multiple regression method with SPSS-27 software.
Findings: The findings showed that neglect (emotional and physical) was the strongest predictor of problems in social cognition in students.
Conclusion: Consequently, this study provides evidence for the relationship between emotional and physical neglect and emotional understanding in healthy individuals, and shows that childhood trauma may affect social cognition.
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