The exploration of the predictive role of childhood trauma and emotion regulation with psychosomatic skin complaints in emerging adulthood

Emerging adulthood is a transitional period in human development. The problems of this period are an area that has been studied pretty little in the Turkish sample. The main purpose of this study is to examine the predictors of psychosomatic skin complaints. The relationship and predictability of early traumatic experiences and emotion regulation with psychosomatic skin complaints were investigated. At the same time, the predictor of sociodemographic characteristics in psychosomatic skin complaints was investigated. The study consisted of 372 late adolescence participants. Participants are reached by convenient sampling method through an online questionnaire. Informed consent form, demographic information form, Difficulthy in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Childhood Trauma Scale (CTQ) were given in order. Skin complaints in individuals were investigated with the Demographic Information Form. A composite skin score was created to investigate psychosomatic skin complaints more comprehensively. The composite skin score consists of the sum of three variables: the number of skin complaints and the severity of these complaints and the number of skin diseases diagnoses. The results of the study revealed that those who were exposed to early traumatic experiences had higher composite psychosomatic skin complaints scores. It was concluded that especially emotional abuse is a predictor of psychosomatic skin complaints. It was found that psychosomatic skin complaints were associated with difficulty in emotion regulation and psychosomatic skin complaints. In addition, it was concluded that being female, late adolescents, psychiatric diagnoses, chronic diseases and higher education levels showed