Structural Modeling of Interpersonal Sensitivity based on Traumatic Childhood Experiences Mediated by Feeling of Failure and Disappointment in Female Students of Medical Sciences

Subject Areas : Woman and Society

Seyyed Mehdi Sarkeshikiyan ¹ , Ahmadreza Khalaj ² , Marzieh Yari Zanganeh ³

1 - PhD in Educational Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, Roudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudhen, Iran
2 - Master of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Qom Medical Sciences Unit, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

Received: 2024-03-28 Accepted : 2024-08-24 Published : 2024-10-29

Keywords: Traumatic childhood experience, Feeling of failure, Female tudents’disappointment, Interpersonal sensitivity,

Abstract :

Introduction: The purpose of this research was to examine the fit of the structural model of interpersonal sensitivity based on traumatic childhood experiences with regard to the mediating role of feelings of failure and disappointment in female students in medical students of the Islamic Azad University of Qom Province.

Methods: As a fundamental study, the current research was descriptive-correlational in which the structural equation modeling was used. The statistical population of the research comprised all female medical students of the Islamic Azad University of Qom Province who were studying in the academic year 2022-2023. The sample size comprised 200 individuals who were included in the research through available sampling method. Bernstein et al.'s childhood trauma questionnaire (2003), Boyce and Parker's interpersonal sensitivity measure (1989), Gilbert and Allen's feeling of failure questionnaire (1998) and Beck's hopelessness scale (1974) were directly used to collect and analyze the data. The collected data were analyzed by correlation matrix and structural equation modeling. SPSS 26 and pls3 software were used for data analysis.

Findings: The findings of the research showed that the indicators of the proposed model had an acceptable fit. The results showed that at 0.95% level of confidence, feeling of failure and disappointment had a direct effect on interpersonal sensitivity of female students, and traumatic childhood experience had no direct effect on interpersonal sensitivity. Bootstrap results indicated that traumatic childhood experience had an indirect effect on the interpersonal sensitivity of female students mediated by feeling of failure.

Conclusion:Traumatic childhood experience and feeling of failure and disappointment in female medical students of Islamic Azad University of Qom Province can directly and indirectly affect interpersonal sensitivity.

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