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Cognitive mediation of childhood maltreatment and adult depression in recent crime victims Kaysen, D., Scher, C. D., Mastnak, J., Resick, P. ASSOC ADV BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2005: 235–44

Abstract

Childhood maltreatment has been linked to adult depressive disorders. However, few studies have examined mechanisms through which childhood maltreatment may contribute to adult depression. Thus, we examined the role of one potential mechanism of this relationship, maladaptive cognitions, in a recently traumatized sample. Participants were adult women who had been recently raped (n = 133) or physically assaulted (n = 73). We examined whether maladaptive self-and other-cognitions mediated relationships between childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and current depression. Relationships between childhood sexual abuse and both current depression symptoms and diagnosis were mediated by maladaptive cognitions about self. Relationships between both childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse and adult depressive symptoms were mediated by maladaptive cognitions about others.

View details for DOI 10.1016/S0005-7894(05)80072-3

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View details for PubMedID 16467922

View details for PubMedCentralID PMC1351207