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ackground: Impulsive behavior plays an important role in mediating the relationship between childhood maltreatment and emotionaldisorders. Objectives: Thisstudyaimedtodeterminetherelationshipbetweenchildhoodmaltreatmentandemotionaldisorders,consideringthemediatingroleof impulsivebehavior. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on a statistical population, including all students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran. A totalof 316 students were selected randomly and completed the Inventory of depression and anxiety symptoms (IDAS), Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS-P), and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). The collected data wereanalyzedinSPSSversion22andLISREL. Results: Thecorrelationcoefficientshowedasignificantrelationshipbetweenchildhoodmaltreatmentandemotionaldisorders, andthestructuralequationmodelexhibitedagoodfittothedata(GFI=0.9,AGFI=0.86,CFI=0.99,andRMSEA=0.07). Conclusions: The results showed that impulsive behavior played an important role in mediating the relationship between childhoodmaltreatmentandemotionaldisorders.