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ArticlePloS one2020

Structural equation modeling approach to explore the influence of childhood maltreatment in adults.

Kuniyoshi Toyoshima, Takeshi Inoue, Jiro Masuya, Yota Fujimura, Shinji Higashi, Hajime Tanabe, Ichiro Kusumi

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Kuniyoshi ToyoshimaDepartment of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita, Nishi, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5618-3657
Takeshi InoueDepartment of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5248-1289
Jiro MasuyaDepartment of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yota FujimuraDepartment of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinji HigashiDepartment of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Hajime TanabeDepartment of Clinical Human Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University, Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.
Ichiro KusumiDepartment of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita, Nishi, Sapporo, Japan.
Tokyo Medical University · JPHokkaido University · JPShizuoka University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildhood maltreatment affects social functioning in the general adult population. However, how child abuse affects functional disability in adulthood remains unknown. Thus, we investigated the correlation between child abuse, depressive symptoms, cognitive complaints, and functional disability in adult community volunteers.

methodsParticipants (N = 556) completed the Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment, and Sheehan Disability Scale. Multiple regression analyses and structural equation modeling were performed to evaluate scale correlations.

resultsStructural equation modeling showed that the direct effect of childhood maltreatment on depressive symptoms, the indirect effect of childhood maltreatment on cognitive function via depressive symptoms, and the indirect effects of childhood maltreatment on functional disability via depressive symptoms and via cognitive function were all significant. The direct effects of childhood maltreatment on cognitive function and functional disability were not significant. There was no significant association between variables. LIMITATIONS: Cross-sectional designs cannot identify causal relationships between parameters. Participants were adult volunteers from the community; therefore, results may not be generalizable to individuals with psychiatric disorders. Sociodemographic variability was a limitation because we used self-reported childhood maltreatment.

conclusionsChildhood maltreatment indirectly affects functional disability via depressive symptoms and via cognitive function through depressive symptoms. We suggest that depressive symptoms and cognitive function play crucial roles in the influence of childhood maltreatment on functional disability in adult community volunteers.

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