Associations between childhood maltreatment and adult depression: a mediation analysis
BACKGROUND: There is ample evidence showing that childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for the development of depression in adulthood. However, little is known about the psychological processes mediating this relationship. This study used a large community sample to investigate the mediating...
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Dokumenttypen: | Artikel |
Medientypen: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Publikation in MIAMI: | 22.08.2019 |
Datum der letzten Änderung: | 22.08.2019 |
Angaben zur Ausgabe: | [Electronic ed.] |
Quelle: | BMC Psychiatry 19 (2019) 36, 1-11 |
Schlagwörter: | Childhood Maltreatment; Risk Factor; Depression; Psychological Mediators |
Fachgebiet (DDC): | 150: Psychologie |
Lizenz: | CC BY 4.0 |
Sprache: | English |
Förderung: | Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2018 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster). |
Format: | PDF-Dokument |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-04109545486 |
Weitere Identifikatoren: | DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2016-8 |
Permalink: | https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-04109545486 |
Onlinezugriff: | artikel_klumparendt_2019.pdf |
BACKGROUND: There is ample evidence showing that childhood maltreatment (CM) is a risk factor for the development of depression in adulthood. However, little is known about the psychological processes mediating this relationship. This study used a large community sample to investigate the mediating role of emotional, cognitive and/or interpersonal dysfunctions on the one hand and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on the other hand. METHODS: One thousand twenty seven participants of a community sample filled out an online survey. Mediation analyses were computed via linear structural equation modelling. RESULTS: Results showed a significant mediation of the association between CM and adult depression via emotional impairments, depressogenic attribution style and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Our study design was cross-sectional and therefore did not allow testing temporal precedence of mediators and causality. Data was collected retrospectively, a confounding effect of current depressive symptoms on retrospective recall of CM therefore cannot be ruled out. CONCLUSIONS: The a priori mediation model showed a good fit with the data. The model suggests promising objectives for further research on CM-related depression and potential treatment targets in the future.