How is childhood emotional abuse related to major depression in adulthood? The role of personality and emotion acceptance

Schulz, Philipp; Beblo, Thomas; Ribbert, Hedda; Kater, Leona; Spannhorst, Stephanie; Drießen, Martin; Hennig-Fast, Kristina

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.022

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“…As hypothesized, we found that both emotion dysregulation and interpersonal problems mediated this relationship. With regard to emotion dysregulation, this finding is consistent with previous research in samples of female college students [31], low-income African-Americans [33], and depressed inpatients [32]. The current study adds to the literature by confirming the mediating role of emotion dysregulation in the association between CEA and depressive symptoms in a European sample of female college students, and by using a widely-used measure of overall emotion dysregulation with good psychometric properties.…”

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“…In individuals with current or lifetime major depressive disorder, emotion dysregulation was found to cross-sectionally mediate the relationship between severity of general childhood abuse and depression severity [27, 30]. With regard to CEA, emotion dysregulation cross-sectionally mediated the association between CEA and depressive symptoms in studies among female college students [31], depressed inpatients [32], and low-income African-Americans [33]. The study among college students did not include CSA and CPA, whereas the latter two studies did.…”

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“…The study among college students did not include CSA and CPA, whereas the latter two studies did. For CPA, no evidence was found for a relationship with depression mediated by emotion dysregulation [32, 33]. Regarding CSA, emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship with depression only in the African-American sample [33].…”

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Linking childhood emotional abuse and depressive symptoms: The role of emotion dysregulation and interpersonal problems

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Childhood abuse is a major public health problem that has been linked to depression in adulthood. Although different types of childhood abuse often co-occur, few studies have examined their unique impact on negative mental health outcomes. Most studies have focused solely on the consequences of childhood physical or sexual abuse; however, it has been suggested that childhood emotional abuse is more strongly related to depression. It remains unclear which underlying psychological processes mediate the effect of childhood emotional abuse on depressive symptoms. In a cross-sectional study in 276 female college students, multiple linear regression analyses were used to determine whether childhood emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse were independently associated with depressive symptoms, emotion dysregulation, and interpersonal problems. Subsequently, OLS regression analyses were used to determine whether emotion dysregulation and interpersonal problems mediate the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and depressive symptoms. Of all types of abuse, only emotional abuse was independently associated with depressive symptoms, emotion dysregulation, and interpersonal problems. The effect of childhood emotional abuse on depressive symptoms was mediated by emotion dysregulation and the following domains of interpersonal problems: cold/distant and domineering/controlling. The results of the current study indicate that detection and prevention of childhood emotional abuse deserves attention from Child Protective Services. Finally, interventions that target emotion regulation skills and interpersonal skills may be beneficial in prevention of depression.

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“… 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 It is well known that poor sleep is a risk factor for poor mental and physical health 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 and that childhood trauma associates with increased risk for chronic mental and physical health disorders. 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 These findings raise the possibility that changes in sleep quality associated with a life stressor may be one pathway through which childhood trauma may contribute to increased risk for poor health in a health disparity population. Overall, in a sample of AI adults, these findings suggest that childhood trauma may contribute to a greater psychological stress response to life events and may increase the degree to which these life events impact sleep quality.…”

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Childhood trauma as a predictor of changes in sleep quality in American Indian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

John‐Henderson

2020

Sleep Health

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Background Early life adversity associates with poor sleep in adulthood and is believed to sensitize individuals to later stressors. Infectious disease outbreaks increase psychological stress, and life events impact sleep quality. American Indians have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective Investigate whether childhood trauma predicts changes in sleep quality following onset of the pandemic and test whether pandemic stress contributes to changes in sleep. Methods In a sample of 210 American Indian adults (Age M(SD) = 55.09(13.10), 59.5% female) demographics, childhood trauma and sleep quality were measured at Time 1. One month following the onset of the pandemic, psychological stress specific to the pandemic and sleep quality were measured. Results Using linear regression controlling for age, sex, income, and sleep quality at Time 1, childhood adversity predicted both psychological stress specific to the pandemic and changes in sleep quality from Time 1 to Time 2 (β = 0.33, t(205) = 4.88, P < .001, ΔR 2 = 0.10) and (β = 0.24, t(204) = 3.48, P < .001, ΔR 2 = 0.05), respectively. Mediation analyses indicated a significant indirect effect between childhood adversity and changes in sleep quality through COVID-19 stress (indirect effect (standard error, SE) = (0.03(0.01), 95% confidence interval = [0.003, 0.03]). Conclusions In American Indians childhood trauma predicts greater declines in sleep quality associated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, in part because greater psychological stress related to COVID-19. Future work should identify factors which alleviate stress related to life events for individuals who experienced childhood trauma in order to improve health behaviors and health.

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“…Neuroticism, indicating a tendency to have unrealistic ideas, an inability to control urges, and inefficient ways of coping with stress, attributes to an increased risk of affective disorders (Ormel and Wohlfarth, 1991; Spinhoven et al, 2010). Many studies suggested that personality characteristics, especially neuroticism (Kendler and Gardner, 2011), appear to be a mediating factor in the relationship between childhood abuse and major depression (Nakai et al, 2014; Schulz et al, 2017).…”

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Associations Among Depressive Symptoms, Childhood Abuse, Neuroticism, Social Support, and Coping Style in the Population Covering General Adults, Depressed Patients, Bipolar Disorder Patients, and High Risk Population for Depression

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Feng

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Front. Psychol.

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Background Exposure to childhood abuse has been identified as a salient risk factor for the development of depression. However, the mediating factors between childhood abuse and depressive symptoms have not been sufficiently elucidated. This study aims to investigate the mediating effects of neuroticism, social support, and coping style between childhood abuse and depressive symptoms in population covering general adults, depressed patients, bipolar disorder patients, and high risk population for depression. Methods This is a cross-sectional study. Five validated questionnaires were used to measure the psychological outcomes (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire CTQ-SF, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire EPQR-S, Social Support Rating Scale SSRS, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire SCSQ, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 PHQ-9) of 312 participants. Multiple regressions and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to conduct data analysis. Results Multiple regression analysis and SEM showed a significant association between childhood emotional abuse and depression symptoms. Neuroticism, use of social support, and active coping style were important mediating variables of this association. The R 2 for our model was 0.456, indicating that 45.6% of the variability in depressive symptoms can be explained by the model. Conclusion: This study suggested that neuroticism, active coping, and use of social support play important role in mediating the effects of childhood abuse on adult depressive symptoms.

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How is childhood emotional abuse related to major depression in adulthood? The role of personality and emotion acceptance

Cited by 36 publications

References 59 publications

Linking childhood emotional abuse and depressive symptoms: The role of emotion dysregulation and interpersonal problems

Linking childhood emotional abuse and depressive symptoms: The role of emotion dysregulation and interpersonal problems

Childhood trauma as a predictor of changes in sleep quality in American Indian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

Associations Among Depressive Symptoms, Childhood Abuse, Neuroticism, Social Support, and Coping Style in the Population Covering General Adults, Depressed Patients, Bipolar Disorder Patients, and High Risk Population for Depression

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