ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Dysfunctional Attitudes Mediate the Relationship Between Childhood Emotional Neglect and Anhedonia in Young Adult Major Depression Patients.
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- The specific mediating role of social anhedonia in the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The relationship between negative life events and anhedonia among patients with major depressive disorder: chain mediation of insomnia and dysfunctional attitudes.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Childhood Trauma, Recent Stressors, and Risk of Depression Relapse in Late-Life Depression.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Association Between Childhood Trauma and Anhedonia-Related Symptoms: The Mediation Role of Trait Anhedonia and Circulating Proteins.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- The characteristics of anhedonia in depression: a review from a clinically oriented perspective.Translational psychiatry · 2025Review
- Early parent-child separation and adolescent depressive symptoms: the mediating role of self-perceived pleasure in social interactions.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Reward-seeking behaviors moderate the association between early life adversity and anhedonia 12 months later.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Bidirectional associations between maladaptive cognitions and emotional symptoms, and their mediating role on the quality of life in adults with ADHD: a mediation model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood traumas are well-established risk factors for major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the relationship between childhood traumas types and MDD symptoms is unclear. The present study tested the hypothesis that childhood traumas affect specific types of anhedonia in depression and the mediating role of dysfunctional attitude.
methodsWithin this cross-sectional study, 310 young adult patients with MDD completed the PHQ-9, CTQ-SF, DAS, and SHAPS. The statistical analyses used the Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman's rank correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Mediation analyses were tested by the structural equation model (SEM).
resultsSpearman's rank correlation analysis showed positive correlations between the SHAPS, CTQ-SF, and DAS total score (
conclusionsThe degree of anhedonia was related to dysfunctional attitudes and childhood traumas. The childhood emotional neglect experience was the most important and was related to sensory and social anhedonia. Dysfunctional attitudes played a mediating role between childhood neglect and anhedonia. Early psychotherapy targeting young adult MDD patients with childhood emotional neglect may help decrease symptoms of anhedonia.
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