@article{ref1,
title="Do adult attachment style or personality mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and late-life depression in poor communities?",
journal="Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology",
year="2022",
author="Gomes Jardim, Gabriel Behr and Gomes, Irênio and Mehdi, Gholam and Ranjbar, Setareh and Engroff, Paula and Santos, Milena Antunes and Neto, Alfredo Cataldo and von Gunten, Armin",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Childhood maltreatment is associated with late-life depression. Preliminary evidence indicates that personality characteristics, in particular neuroticism and extroversion, and an anxious attachment style mediate this association. The objective is to evaluate 3 models, in which personality and attachment are considered mediators between childhood maltreatment and late-life depression in a socioeconomically disadvantaged Brazilian population. <br><br>METHODS: This study included participants (n = 260) from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods of Porto Alegre, Brazil, who completed measures of childhood maltreatment (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - CTQ), personality characteristics (NEO-Five Factor Inventory), attachment styles (Relationship Scales Questionnaire), and geriatric depression (Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus). General multiple and sequential mediation analyses were used to test for possible associations. <br><br>RESULTS: Attachment anxiety but not attachment avoidance is a mediator between childhood maltreatment and geriatric depression. Neuroticism is a full mediator. At that, attachment anxiety was found to be a predictor of neuroticism. Finally, sequential mediation analysis shows a path from childhood maltreatment to geriatric depression through attachment anxiety and neuroticism. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest a pathway from childhood maltreatment to anxious attachment, which in turn predicts higher neuroticism that itself may favor late-life depression. This hypothesis could have implications for older adults living in low socioeconomic settings in that treating the high-risk group of maltreated children may help prevent late-life depression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0891-9887",
doi="10.1177/08919887221119979",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08919887221119979"
}