ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2023
Trait self-acceptance mediates parental childhood abuse predicting depression and anxiety symptoms in adulthood.
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- Self-esteem mediates child abuse predicting adulthood anxiety, depression, and substance use symptoms 18 years later.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Maternal and paternal harsh parenting and anxiety symptoms in Chinese adolescents: examining a multiple mediation model.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Daily stress reactivity and risk appraisal mediates childhood parental abuse predicting adulthood psychopathology severity: An 18-year longitudinal mediation analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Evaluating Machine Learning Stability in Predicting Depression and Anxiety Amidst Subjective Response Errors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Positive reappraisal coping mediates the relationship between parental abuse and lack of affection on adulthood generalized anxiety severity.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2024Article
- The mediating role of neuroticism and anxiety sensitivity in the relationship between childhood trauma and panic disorder severity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- The interplay of self-acceptance, social comparison and attributional style in adolescent mental health: cross-sectional study.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- When Childhood Control Slips Away: How Parental Affection and Abuse Shape Adult Anxiety and Depression.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
- Self-Acceptance and Purpose in Life Are Mechanisms Linking Adverse Childhood Experiences to Mortality Risk.Psychosomatic medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundBiopsychosocial models posit that experiencing parental childhood abuse increases vulnerability to psychopathology in adulthood. There are a lack of studies investigating mediators of the parental childhood abuse-adulthood psychopathology relation. The current study investigated if trait self-acceptance mediated the parental childhood abuse-adulthood major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder (PD) severity relations.
methodsParticipants (n = 3294) partook in the 18-year Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study at three time-points. We conducted structural equation modeling analyses to test how maternal and paternal childhood abuse at Time 1 would independently positively predict MDD, GAD, and PD severity at Time 3, and if self-acceptance at Time 2 mediated those relations while controlling for adulthood MDD, GAD, and PD severity at Time 1.
resultsSelf-acceptance notably mediated the parental childhood abuse-adulthood MDD, GAD, and PD relations. Overall, higher paternal and maternal childhood abuse was associated with lower self-acceptance. Reduced self-acceptance predicted heightened adulthood MDD, GAD, and PD.
conclusionFindings highlight the importance of understanding the parental childhood abuse-adulthood psychopathology relation and the possible mechanisms of its long-term impact.
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