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Do Adult Attachment Style or Personality Mediate the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Late-Life Depression in Poor Communities?
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
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| Author | Gabriel Behr Gomes Jardim Gomes, Irenio Mehdi, Gholam Ranjbar, Setareh Engroff, Paula Santos, Milena Antunes Neto, Alfredo Cataldo Gunten, Armin Von |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | ObjectiveChildhood 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.MethodsThis 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.ResultsAttachment 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.ConclusionsThe 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. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08919887221119979?download=true |
| Starting Page | 246 |
| Ending Page | 253 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| ISSN | 08919887 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 36 |
| Journal | Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology (JGP) |
| e-ISSN | 15525708 |
| DOI | 10.1177/08919887221119979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications CA |
| Publisher Date | 2022-08-09 |
| Publisher Place | Los Angeles |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2022 |
| Subject Keyword | childhood maltreatment personality late-life depression attachment |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Neurology (clinical) Psychiatry and Mental Health Geriatrics and Gerontology |
