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Citation

Shenk CE, Noll JG, Cassarly JA. J. Youth Adolesc. 2010; 39(4): 335-342.

Affiliation

Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., MLC 3015, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA, chad.shenk@cchmc.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10964-009-9456-2

PMID

19798560

PMCID

PMC2977983

Abstract

Post-traumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and psychological dysregulation have been shown to mediate the relationship between child maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury. However, these proposed mediators often co-occur and previous research has not tested mediation when all variables are assessed simultaneously. The current study sought to advance the literature on maltreatment and self-injury by estimating the mediational effects of post-traumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and psychological dysregulation in the same multiple mediator model. Both maltreated (n = 129) and non-maltreated (n = 82) adolescent females, consisting of Caucasian (55%), African-American (37%), and Bi-racial (8%) backgrounds, participated in the study. Results indicated that only post-traumatic stress symptoms mediated the relationship between maltreatment and self-injury when all variables were included in the model. Overall, post-traumatic symptoms represented a unique pathway from maltreatment to self-injury and warrant special attention when assessing and treating such behavior with adolescent females.


Language: en

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