TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Do adult attachment style or personality mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and late-life depression in poor communities?
JO  - Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology
A1  - Gomes Jardim, Gabriel Behr
A1  - Gomes, Irênio
A1  - Mehdi, Gholam
A1  - Ranjbar, Setareh
A1  - Engroff, Paula
A1  - Santos, Milena Antunes
A1  - Neto, Alfredo Cataldo
A1  - von Gunten, Armin
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-9887
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08919887221119979
ID  - ref1
ER  -