TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Emotional support as a mechanism linking childhood maltreatment and adult's depressive and social anxiety symptoms
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Fitzgerald, Michael
A1  - Gallus, Kami
SP  - e104645
EP  - e104645
VL  - 108
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Research has well-established that childhood maltreatment is associated with depressive and social anxiety symptoms in adults. Emotional support has been proposed as a mediator, yet research investigating the unique contributions of emotional support from friends, family members, and romantic partners in adulthood is sparse.     OBJECTIVE: The current study tested emotional support from family, friends, and romantic partners as mechanisms linking childhood maltreatment to depressive and social anxiety symptoms in adults.     PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Participants for the current study (N = 798) included adults in a committed romantic relationship and completed both the second wave of the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS 2) as well as the MIDUS 2 biomarker follow-up project. Emotional support from family, friends, and romantic partners was measured at MIDUS 2 and mental health symptoms were reported at the MIDUS 2 biomarker follow up.     RESULTS: Emotional support from friends was identified as a mechanism from maltreatment to social anxiety symptoms (ß =.04, 95 % CI [.019,.066]), emotional support from family members was a mechanism to depressive symptoms (ß =.09, 95 % CI [.045,.146]), and emotional support from romantic partners was a mechanism for both depressive (ß =.02, 95 % CI [.005,.048]) and social anxiety symptoms (ß =.03, 95 % CI [.008,.048]).     CONCLUSIONS: The current study documents that emotional support may be a mechanism linking childhood maltreatment to mental health symptoms. Emotional support from different sources appear to be of significant importance in understanding adult mental health. Clinical implications are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104645
ID  - ref1
ER  -