<![CDATA[This study examined the associations of childhood trauma, perceived parental conflict, perceived social support, and coping styles with perceived stress in young adulthood, as well as the indirect roles of social support and coping. A correlational cross-sectional design was used with 407 university students aged 18–27 years. Participants completed the Personal Information Form, Perceived Past Social Support Questionnaire, Perceived Past Parental Conflict Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Stress Coping Styles Scale, and Childhood Trauma Scale. Pearson correlations, multiple linear regression, and PROCESS Model 4 mediation analyses with 5,000 bootstrap samples were conducted. Perceived stress was positively correlated with childhood trauma (r = .25) and perceived parental conflict (r = .22), and negatively correlated with perceived social support (r = −.16). The regression model explained 30.5% of the variance in perceived stress; only self-confident coping (β = −.248) and helpless coping (β = .294) were significant predictors. Perceived social support showed an indirect association between parental conflict and perceived stress. Self-confident, optimistic, social-support-seeking, and helpless coping styles showed significant indirect associations between childhood trauma and perceived stress, whereas submissive coping did not. These findings highlight coping styles and social support as mechanisms linking adverse childhood experiences with perceived stress in young adulthood.]]>
