SEQUELAE OF CHILD ABUSE - PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESOURCES AS MEDIATORS BETWEEN CHILD ABUSE AND INNER-CITY'S WOMEN'S DEPRESSION AND PTSD

We hypothesized that child abuse (CA) will be
associated with decreased
social (e.g., high social support, low social
conflict) and personal (e.g., self-efficacy, self
esteem) resources in adulthood, which in turn,
would increase risk for current depression and PTSD
symptoms. Participants were inner-city women (N =
650). CA significantly predicted PTSD, and
decreased social and personal resources, but did
not predict depression. Social resources, but not
personal resources directly predicted PTSD and
depression. Social resources significantly mediated
the CA-PTSD and CA-depression relationships.
Personal resources impacted depression and PTSD
only through their significant relationship with
social resources. Ethnic differences on these
models were also observed. Depression and PTSD
mediated the association between CA and resources,
in reversed models. Overall, results suggest a
bidirectional relationship between resources and
psychopathology, which may be mutually reinforcing
and cyclically related over time.

Info autore

Dr. Ana-Maria Vranceanu is a clinical and research psychologist with expertise in the area of mood disorders, PTSD and pain. She is currently working as a staff psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She is also an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stevan E. Hobfoll, Robert Johnson, Robert Johnson, Robert Johnson / Stevan Hobfoll, / Robert Johnson / Stevan Hobfoll, Robert Johnson Stevan Hobfoll, Stevan Hobfo, Ana-Mari Vranceanu, Ana-Maria Vranceanu
• Editore: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9783838302270
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-0227-0
• Pagine: 76
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia applicata