@article{ref1,
title="What mediates the link between childhood maltreatment and depression? The role of emotion dysregulation, attachment, and attributional style",
journal="European journal of psychotraumatology",
year="2016",
author="Schierholz, Anna and Krüger, Antje and Barenbrügge, Jens and Ehring, Thomas",
volume="7",
number="",
pages="32652-32652",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Childhood maltreatment (CM) has been shown to be related to a severe and/or chronic course of depression. This study investigated which psychological processes mediate this relationship. <br><br>METHOD: A large sample of acute or recovered depressed individuals (N=340) participated in an online survey assessing characteristics of depression, trauma exposure, and potential mediators (emotion regulation difficulties, attributional style, and attachment). <br><br>RESULTS: The experience of CM was related to more severe depression and more depressive episodes. In multiple mediation models, emotion dysregulation, a depressogenic attributional style, and avoidance in close relationships conjointly mediated the relationship between CM and depression severity as well as number of depressive episodes. However, a significant direct path between CM and depression characteristics remained. Exploratory analyses suggested that posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity was an important additional mediator in our sample. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide preliminary evidence for psychological mediators between CM and depression that may be promising targets for interventions tailored for the treatment of depression in this subgroup.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2000-8198",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}