Life satisfaction mediates the association between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms: a study in a sample of Brazilian adolescents

Vasconcelos, Nina Maia; Ribeiro, Marcos Borges; Reis, Daniela; Couto, Isabela; Sena, Cláudia Alves de; Botelho, Ana Cristina de Carvalho; Bonavides, Dagoberto; Hemanny, Curt; Seixas, Camila; Zeni, Cristian Patrick; Oliveira, Irismar Reis de

doi:10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0535

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 40 publications

(64 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The mediators of interests will be specific to the research question of the specific study. However, some prior research has identified life satisfaction [ 50 ], interpersonal difficulties [ 51 ] and coping mechanisms [ 51 ] as possible mediators of the association between maltreatment and later depressive symptoms and emotional distress. These are examples of potential mediators we assess in the current study and have the possibility to include in sub-projects.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Study protocol: the Norwegian Triple-S Cohort Study - establishing a longitudinal health survey of children and adolescents with experiences of maltreatment

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Child maltreatment is prevalent and associated with both short- and long-term health problems. Previous studies have established child maltreatment as a risk factor for a wide range of problems over the life course such as mental- and somatic health problems, self-harm, alcohol- and drug abuse and decreased work-life participation. Still, there are few large and well-conducted longitudinal studies focusing on describing prevalence and identifying risk factors and long-term consequences of child maltreatment. The purpose of the current study is to recruit a large number of children and adolescents exposed to maltreatment and follow them long-term. Methods/design The current study is a longitudinal cohort study and will use a multi-informant design (child/adolescent, caregiver, and administrative data). Participants will be recruited from the Stine Sofie Centre (SSC), a learning and coping centre for children and adolescents (≤18 years) exposed to maltreatment, which includes physical and emotional abuse, neglect and/or sexual abuse. Questionnaire-based assessments from self-reports (as well as parent-reports) will be carried out at regular time intervals throughout their lives, on topics such as abuse, negative life events, mental and somatic health problems, resilience and coping, satisfaction with health services, social-, family-, and school function, as well as self-harm and substance abuse. Participants will be assessed upon entry to the centre and followed up annually until they reach 18 years and bi-annually after. Given written consent, participants’ responses will be linked to relevant national registries in order to examine predictive factors and important outcomes in terms of subsequent health, education, criminal records and work affiliation. Discussion This study will examine short- and long-term consequences of child maltreatment across a range of health-related outcomes in a longitudinal perspective. Results from the current study might have implications for the development of preventive and intervention programs related to child maltreatment and the organization and follow-up of the services these children receive. The current study will hopefully contribute with knowledge of risk-factors, short- and long-term health-related and other issues that can contribute to practices aimed at improving the overall life-course for children and adolescents who have experienced childhood maltreatment.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Study protocol: the Norwegian Triple-S Cohort Study - establishing a longitudinal health survey of children and adolescents with experiences of maltreatment

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…[1,[11][12][13][14]18]. People who had childhood maltreatments would have less family satisfaction, less friendship satisfaction, less satisfaction with their work, less living environment satisfaction, and less self-satisfaction [29]. Nine dimensions of life-satisfaction included satisfied with life; feeling ease and happy; accepting of difficult situations; handling of difficult situations; feeling safe and love in a family; feeling bored with life; feeling failure; and feeling suffering in life were affected by ACEs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and Its Relationships to Life-Satisfaction Among Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

Arunothong¹

2020

AJP

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: To demonstrate the prevalence of ACEs and the association of ACEs' effects on life-satisfaction among patients with psychiatric disorders. Methods: Patients with psychiatric disorders aged ≥ 18 were enrolled. Patients who had dementia and could not read or write in Thai were excluded. Patients were asked to complete demographic, ACEs, and life-satisfaction questions. The study was held in a psychiatric clinic with prompt intervention to help patients who might be sensitive to ACEs questions. Results: 271 patients, with a mean age of 37.6 years (range 18-80 yr.) completed questionnaires. 66.8% were males. 59.4% of patients suffered from substance related disorders. Overall, 45% of patients had ≥ 1 ACE and of these, 5.5% had ≥ 4 ACEs. The top three ACEs were feelings of abandonment by a family, parents divorced or separated, and being a witness of domestic violence. After adjusted confounders, ACEs could significantly increase feeling bored with life; feelings of failure; and feelings of suffering in life; and significantly decrease feelings of life-satisfaction; feelings of ease and happiness; feeling safe; and feeling love in a family; feeling of accepting; and handling of difficult situations. The protective factors of ACEs were living with both parents, living with either of them, and living in a family that could support each other during difficulties. Conclusion: The prevalence of ACEs among patients with psychiatric disorders is quite common. ACEs showed negative relationships with later life-satisfaction and happiness. The graded negative relationships of ACEs to lifesatisfaction found at every ACE that increases. Solutions to decrease the impacts of ACEs are to promote parents to live with their children during their childhood periods and to strengthen family relationship to support each other during difficulties.

show abstract

Empathy and Video Game Addiction in Adolescents: Serial Mediation by Psychological Resilience and Life satisfaction

Turan¹

2021

IJPE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Life satisfaction mediates the association between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms: a study in a sample of Brazilian adolescents

Cited by 3 publications

References 40 publications

Study protocol: the Norwegian Triple-S Cohort Study - establishing a longitudinal health survey of children and adolescents with experiences of maltreatment

Study protocol: the Norwegian Triple-S Cohort Study - establishing a longitudinal health survey of children and adolescents with experiences of maltreatment

Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and Its Relationships to Life-Satisfaction Among Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

Empathy and Video Game Addiction in Adolescents: Serial Mediation by Psychological Resilience and Life satisfaction

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About