@article{ref1,
title="Psychological maltreatment and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: a multiple mediation model",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2022",
author="Yu, Tengxu and Hu, Jinsheng and Zhang, Wei and Zhang, Longfei and Zhao, Jiayin",
volume="134",
number="",
pages="e105940-e105940",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Adolescents are at risk of depression, and recent studies also found a high prevalence of depression among Chinese adolescents. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the risk and protective factors of depression among Chinese adolescents. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This study examined the direct effect of psychological maltreatment on depression symptoms in adolescents and the mediating roles of emotion regulation and social support in their relationship. <br><br>METHOD: Data were collected from Chinese senior high school students (N = 687, 36.5 % males and 63.5 % females, M(age) = 16.44 years, SD = 0.78) who completed the measures of psychological maltreatment, depression symptoms, perceived social support, and emotion regulation strategies, including cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. <br><br>RESULTS: The results indicated that: (a) psychological maltreatment was positively correlated with depression symptoms; (b) the two emotion regulation strategies and perceived social support partially mediated the link between psychological maltreatment and depression symptoms separately; (c) the two emotion regulation strategies and perceived social support partially mediated the link between psychological maltreatment and depression symptoms in a sequential pattern. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Psychological maltreatment was positively associated with depression symptoms in adolescents. Emotion regulation and perceived social support both significantly mediated the relationship between psychological maltreatment and depression symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105940",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105940"
}