The Relationship Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese College Students: The Multiple Mediating Effects of Emotional and Behavioral Problems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Li ◽  
Lan Guo ◽  
Sheng Zhang ◽  
Wanxin Wang ◽  
Wenyan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Childhood Emotional Abuse ◽  
The Relationship

Relationship Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Self-Esteem: A Dual Mediation Model of Attachment

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuqi Liu ◽  
Xiaodan Chen ◽  
Pingfang Song ◽  
Aitao Lu ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Childhood Emotional Abuse

We tested the hypothesis that childhood emotional abuse would be positively associated with fearful attachment, whereas it would be negatively associated with secure attachment and self-esteem, with attachment mediating the linkage between childhood emotional abuse and self-esteem. Chinese college students (N = 554) completed measures of childhood emotional abuse, secure/fearful attachment, and self-esteem. Dual mediation analysis based on 5,000 bootstrap samples showed that childhood emotional abuse affected self-esteem through both secure attachment and fearful attachment, with the indirect effect through secure attachment being stronger relative to that through fearful attachment. However, the direct effect of childhood emotional abuse on self-esteem was nonsignificant. The association patterns among childhood emotional abuse, secure/fearful attachment, and self-esteem show the need for more focus on developing children's secure attachment style to shape their positive self-esteem later in life.

scholarly journals A preliminary examination of the relationship between the 5-HTTLPR and childhood emotional abuse on depressive symptoms in 10-12-year-old youth.

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne N. Banducci ◽  
Melissa Gomes ◽  
Laura MacPherson ◽  
C. W. Lejuez ◽  
Marc N. Potenza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Preliminary Examination ◽  
Childhood Emotional Abuse ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Associations Between Child Maltreatment and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese College Students: An Analysis of Sex Differences

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoliang Chen ◽  
Sheng Zhang ◽  
Guoliang Huang ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Emotional Neglect ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Physical Neglect

Background: Depressive symptoms and child maltreatment are both global public health problems among young adults. This study aimed to investigate the associations between five types of child maltreatment and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students, with a focus on potential sex differences.Methods: A cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of Chinese college students was conducted from March to June 2019 with a multistage, stratified cluster, random sampling method. In total, 30,179 college students from 60 colleges of 10 Chinese province-level regions completed standard questionnaires, including a history of child maltreatment and current depressive symptoms.Results: The prevalence of depressive symptoms among college students in China was 7.3%. After adjusting for control variables, physical abuse (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.20, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.17–1.23), emotional abuse (aOR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.19–1.23), sexual abuse (aOR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.16–1.22), physical neglect (aOR = 1.14, 95% CI = 1.12–1.16) and emotional neglect (aOR = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.07–1.09) were all positively associated with depressive symptoms. Notably, a cumulative effect of child maltreatment on depressive symptoms among Chinese college students was observed. Moreover, sex differences in the associations of emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and the number of maltreatment types with depressive symptoms were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Further stratification analyses showed that female students who experienced emotional abuse and emotional neglect had a higher risk of depressive symptoms than male students, and the cumulative effect of maltreatment types was stronger for females than males.Conclusion: Five types of child maltreatment and their co-occurrence were associated with an increased risk of depressive symptoms among college students. Furthermore, the effects of emotional abuse, emotional neglect and the number of maltreatment types on depressive symptoms were stronger for females than for males. These findings can promote understanding of the effects of child maltreatment on depressive symptoms, and prevention and intervention strategies for depressive symptoms should consider the type of child maltreatment and sex differences.

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