Marital Quality as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Abuse to Mental Health

Fitzgerald, Michael; Esplin, Jacob A.

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“…In a meta-analysis, Khaleque [34] found that parental warmth predicted psychological adjustment in children with moderate to large effect sizes. Longitudinal research has shown that low levels of parental warmth in childhood are associated with depression in adulthood [5], feelings of worthlessness [35], mental health problems [36,37], and physical health problems [38]. At the same time, research has found that parental warmth is associated with better mental and physical health in adulthood [7].…”

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The Relationship between Meaning in Life and the Childhood Family Environment among Emerging Adults

Dameron,

Goeke-Morey

2023

IJERPH

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This study investigates the impact of the childhood family environment on reported meaning in life among emerging adults (n = 507) at a private, urban, religious university. This study found that participants who reported growing up in an emotionally warm family environment ultimately reported more meaning in life as adults and that this effect was mediated by loneliness. This suggests that people from emotionally cold and rejecting early family environments may struggle with meaning in life as adults because they are lonelier. This research contributes a developmental perspective to understanding meaning in life. The public health implications of these findings are discussed. Future research should consider accounting for the effects of early life experiences on meaning in life.

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Section: Childhood Family Environmentmentioning

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The Relationship between Meaning in Life and the Childhood Family Environment among Emerging Adults

Dameron,

Goeke-Morey

2023

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“…Several studies have confirmed that both men and women with mental health problems also reported higher rates of marital problems [60][61][62]. Interpersonal theories of mental illness [63,64] purport that mental illness in one spouse may have negative effects on the patterns of interaction and communication between both spouses, thus disrupting routines, generating pressure and burden on the relationship, provoking marital disputes, and reducing the quality of the marital relationship.…”

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Impact of emotional divorce on the mental health of married women in Saudi Arabia

AL-shahrani,

Hammad

2023

PLoS ONE

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Emotional divorce occurs when physical, psychological, mental, and spiritual separation occurs between spouses despite the fact that they live in the same house and exercise their marital duties. Emotional divorce has adverse effects on the mental health of those involved, as evidenced by the higher incidence of depression, anxiety, and loneliness among such couples. Saudi women are particularly vulnerable to emotional divorce owing to social, legal, economic, and cultural factors. Therefore, it is important to examine the relationship between emotional divorce and mental health issues (depression, anxiety, and loneliness) in married women in Saudi Arabia. Using scales that assess emotional divorce, depression, anxiety, and loneliness, data were collected from 241 married Saudi women (Mage = 34.41 years; SDage = 5.23 years). Findings revealed a statistically significant correlation between emotional divorce, depression, anxiety, and loneliness. One-way ANOVA confirmed that those with high levels of emotional divorce concurrently scores higher on the depression, anxiety, and loneliness tools, followed by those with moderate and low emotional divorce scores, respectively. Linear regression analysis indicated that depression, anxiety, and loneliness were strong predictors of emotional divorce, explaining 61% of the variance in the emotional divorce scores in this sample. These findings highlight the need to focus on the mental health outcomes of individuals experiencing emotional divorce, especially in societies where legal divorce may not be acceptable or encouraged. The need for regular evaluation and timely interventions for individuals struggling with mental health problems, and for restoring a healthy marital relationship is also highlighted.

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“…This in turn may bolster self-esteem and sense of personal control, which occupy a central place in the stress process framework as personal resources (Aneshensel, 2015). These psychological resources may be particularly protective for individuals with a history of childhood emotional abuse because childhood emotional abuse tends to damage positive self-concept (Wright et al, 2009) and prevent the development of these resources (Berzenski, 2019; Ebbert et al, 2019; Fitzgerald & Esplin, 2022; Maneta et al, 2015; Powers et al, 2009). In addition, individuals who enjoy positive interactions with others may perceive that others will offer assistance needed to cope with childhood emotional abuse.…”

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Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education

Jung

Soo

2023

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Previous research has established that childhood emotional abuse has long-term, negative consequences for adult mental health. Yet, less is known about the ways that social relationship and education intersect to shape the link between childhood emotional abuse and mental health in adulthood. Aim: The current study aims to examine whether perceived quality of social relationships moderates the association between childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health. Moreover, it assesses how the moderating effect of perceived quality of social relationship differs across levels of education. Method: The current study analyzes data from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey, a nationally representative sampling of Korean adults. It uses OLS regression models. Results: Childhood emotional abuse is positively associated with depression and psychological distress in adulthood. However, perceived quality of social relationships mitigates the positive association of childhood emotional abuse with depression and psychological distress. Further, this buffering effect of perceived quality of social relationships operates only for individuals with less than or equal to a high school education, but not for individuals with college education or more. Conclusion: The results lend support to the resource substitution thesis, suggesting that positive perceptions of social relationship act as a protective factor against childhood emotional abuse for individuals with lower levels of education.

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Marital Quality as a Mechanism Linking Childhood Abuse to Mental Health

Cited by 6 publications

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The Relationship between Meaning in Life and the Childhood Family Environment among Emerging Adults

The Relationship between Meaning in Life and the Childhood Family Environment among Emerging Adults

Impact of emotional divorce on the mental health of married women in Saudi Arabia

Childhood emotional abuse and adult mental health at the intersection of social relationship and education

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