Childhood mistreatment and adolescent and young adult depression
Childhood mistreatment and adolescent and young adult depression
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.12.005
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Fletcher, Jason M.
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作者：
Fletcher, Jason M.
在本文中，我使用了一个具有全国代表性的样本，从美国的青少年儿童虐待（性虐待和身体虐待）和抑郁症在青春期和青年成年之间的关联。研究人员认为，童年虐待是抑郁症最重要的预测因素之一。另一种将儿童期虐待与青少年和青年抑郁症联系起来的机制是影响这两种结果的社区和家庭劣势（或其他因素）。本文使用美国国家青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health）的限制版本的数据，概述了虐待与抑郁症之间的关系以及抑郁症的性别差异的几个发现。首先，我发现非常有限的证据表明，在学校或社区层面控制常见的环境因素可以解释虐待和抑郁症之间的关系。此外，我表明，控制常见的家庭因素降低了儿童期虐待对抑郁症的预测能力。本文的结果基本上支持了先前的研究，即儿童期虐待和抑郁症之间的联系对女性来说是最重要的，即使在家庭中也是如此。最后，研究结果表明，儿童虐待对抑郁症的影响可能会随着个人年龄的增长而增加。爱思唯尔有限公司出版
In this paper, I use a nationally representative sample of adolescents from the United States to examine the association between childhood mistreatment (sexual abuse and physical abuse) and depression during adolescence and young adulthood. Researchers have implicated childhood mistreatment as one of the most important predictors of depression. An alternative mechanism linking childhood mistreatment with adolescent and young adult depression is community and family disadvantage (or other factors) that affect both outcomes. Using data from the restricted version of the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this paper outlines several findings of the relationship between mistreatment and depression as well as the gender differences in depression. First, I find very limited evidence that controlling for common environmental factors at the school or neighborhood level explain the relationship between mistreatment and depression. Also, I show that controlling for common family factors decreases the predictive power of childhood mistreatment on depression. Results in this paper generally support previous research that shows the link between childhood mistreatment and depression is most important for females, even within families. Finally, results suggest that the effects of child mistreatment on depression may increase as individuals age. Published by Elsevier Ltd.