TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Psychological maltreatment and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: a multiple mediation model
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Yu, Tengxu
A1  - Hu, Jinsheng
A1  - Zhang, Wei
A1  - Zhang, Longfei
A1  - Zhao, Jiayin
SP  - e105940
EP  - e105940
VL  - 134
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105940
ID  - ref1
ER  -