Personality traits as possible mediators in the relationship between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents.
Personality traits as possible mediators in the relationship between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.05.019
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发表时间：
2018-08
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Minli Zhang;Juan Han;Junxin Shi;Huisi Ding;Kaiqiao Wang;Chun Kang;Jiangling Gong
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作者：
Minli Zhang;Juan Han;Junxin Shi;Huisi Ding;Kaiqiao Wang;Chun Kang;Jiangling Gong
儿童期创伤已被发现是青少年抑郁症的一个关键危险因素。性格特征与心理健康有关。然而，童年创伤、人格特质和青少年抑郁症状之间的关系在很大程度上尚不清楚。本研究旨在探讨人格特质在童年创伤与青少年抑郁症状之间的中介作用。同时，本研究还考虑了人格特质与抑郁之间可能存在的双向关联。从武汉市9所学校招募了一组10-17岁的社区青少年（N = 5793）。参与者完成了自我报告问卷，包括流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D），儿童创伤问卷（CTQ）和NEO-FFI。结果表明，儿童期创伤经历与抑郁症状、神经质呈正相关，与外向性、焦虑性呈负相关;抑郁症状与高神经质、低外向性、焦虑性有关。神经质和外倾性在儿童期创伤与抑郁症状的关系中起部分中介作用。而“童年创伤-人格特质-抑郁”模型比“童年创伤-抑郁-人格特质”模型表现出更好的性质。本研究为神经质和外倾性在儿童期创伤对青少年抑郁症状的影响中的中介作用提供了初步证据。这些发现可能有助于更好地预防和干预抑郁症状的青少年儿童创伤通过人格特质的改善。
Childhood trauma has been found to be a critical risk factor for depression in adolescents. Personality traits have been linked with mental health. However, the relationship between childhood trauma, personality traits, and depressive symptoms in adolescents is largely unclear. This study tried to examine the mediating effect of personality traits between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms among adolescents. Meanwhile, the possible bidirectional association between personality traits and depression was considered in the study. A group of community-based adolescents aged 10–17 years (N = 5793) were recruited from nine schools in Wuhan city, China. The participants completed self-report questionnaires, including the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and the NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). Results showed that childhood trauma experiences were positively related with depressive symptoms and neuroticism, and negatively related with extraversion and conscientiousness; depressive symptoms were related with high neuroticism, low extraversion, and conscientiousness. Neuroticism and extraversion partially mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms. And ‘childhood trauma-personality traits-depression’ models showed better property than the alternative models of ‘childhood trauma-depression-personality traits’. The current study provides preliminary evidence for mediation roles of neuroticism and extraversion in the effect of childhood trauma to depressive symptoms in adolescents. These findings may contribute to better prevention and interventions for depressive symptoms among adolescents with childhood trauma via personality traits improvement.