Given that the direct path from childhood trauma to fear of intimacy did not achieve significance in the tested path analysis model, our inference is that mentalization serves as a complete mediator in this relationship. 4 Discussion The results of the path analysis revealed that mentalization serves as a complete mediator in the link between childhood trauma and the fear of intimacy ( β = 0.14, p < 0.01).
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The mediating role of mentalization and integrative self-knowledge in the relationship between childhood trauma and fear of intimacy.
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