Pathological personality explains individual differences in global emotion dysregulation within the pathway between child maltreatment and severe depressive symptoms

OBJECTIVE: Global emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between child maltreatment and severe depressive symptoms; however, there is a lack of research on maladaptive personality traits and their contribution to individual differences in global emotion dysregulation within this conceptual model. The present study tested a preliminary serial mediation model where maladaptive personality traits and global emotion dysregulation mediate the relationship between child maltreatment and severe depressive symptoms.

METHOD: A total of 200 patients with mood disorders (Mage = 36.5 years; 54% females) were assessed for maladaptive personality traits (Personality Inventory for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [5th ed.] Brief Form), global emotion dysregulation (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Short), childhood trauma (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire), and depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9).

RESULTS: Ordinary least squares regression and partial least squares-structural equation modeling revealed a consistent and significant indirect effect of child maltreatment on severe depressive symptoms through negative affectivity, detachment, psychoticism, and global emotion dysregulation. Among child maltreatment types, only emotional abuse had a significant indirect effect on severe depressive symptoms through maladaptive personality traits and global emotion dysregulation, b = 0.50, SE = 0.09, 95% confidence intervals [0.326, 0.694] after controlling for age, gender, and remaining types of child maltreatment.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings support the view that maladaptive personality traits shed important insights on individual differences in global emotion dysregulation, and this information could aid clinical formulation and treatment of childhood adversity-related psychopathology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy - 16(2024), Suppl 1 vom: 15. Apr., Seite S233-S241

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Jianlin [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Rachel Hsiao Shen [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Sherilyn Shi Hui [VerfasserIn]
Teh, Wen Lin [VerfasserIn]
Shahwan, Shazana [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yu Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chandwani, Nisha [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Christopher Yi Wen [VerfasserIn]
Tor, Phern Chern [VerfasserIn]
Subramaniam, Mythily [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1037/tra0001581

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NLM361928041