TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - A cognitive model of the familial transmission of depression JO - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma A1 - Dong, Xiaofei A1 - Liu, Juan A1 - Oei, Tian P. S. A1 - Cui, Lixia A1 - Xiao, Jing SP - 1232 EP - 1249 VL - 28 IS - 10 N2 - This study tested Beck's cognitive model of familial transmission of depression in a group of 187 pairs consisting of one parent and one offspring. The parents and offspring completed the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale, and the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire. Beck's cognitive theory postulated that the offspring's negative cognitions were important mediators between the parents' negative cognitions and the offspring's depressive symptoms. The results of structural equation modeling analyses indicated that the offspring's dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts were important mediators between the parents' dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts and the offspring's depressive symptoms, thus supporting Beck's cognitive transmission mechanism of depression from parents to offspring. Implications concerning the prevention and treatment of depression were discussed.

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LA - en SN - 1092-6771 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2018.1501456 ID - ref1 ER -