Neglecting the impact of childhood neglect: A scoping review of the relation between child neglect and emotion regulation in adulthood.

Background: Childhood neglect, a prevalent form of child abuse, has significant short-term and long-term consequences on mental health.

Objective: This scoping review aimed to provide an overview of existing evidence on childhood neglect in relation to emotion regulation in adulthood.

Participants And Setting: Participants were not individually evaluated but we provided future directions for research based on the overview of studies.