Research Article

Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas

Volume: 6 Number: 3 October 1, 2019
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Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas

Abstract

Recently, there has been a growing interest in identifying the mechanisms of how child abuse/neglect predicts the development of psychopathology in adulthood. In that respect, schema therapy explains the origin of psychopathology with early maladaptive schemas. This study aimed to explore the mediator roles of five different schema domains between child abuse/neglect and depressive symptomatology relationship in a university student sample. The sample of this study consisted of 414 undergraduate and graduate students from the various universities of Turkey [312 (75.4%) female, and 102 (24.6%) male], whose ages ranged between 18 and 32 (M = 21.69, SD = 2.08). Parallel Multiple Mediation Analysis for five schema domains showed that among all schema domains only impaired autonomy/performance schema domain-mediated the relationship between child abuse/neglect and depressive symptomatology. Individuals who reported higher levels of childhood abuse and neglect tended to develop more maladaptive schemas from impaired autonomy/performance schema domain, and as a consequence, were at increased risk for depressive symptoms. Results were discussed in light of the relavant literature.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 1, 2019

Submission Date

May 10, 2019

Acceptance Date

July 9, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 6 Number: 3

APA
Ünal, E., & Gençöz, T. (2019). Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi, 6(3), 227-243. https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.562941
AMA
1.Ünal E, Gençöz T. Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi. 2019;6(3):227-243. doi:10.31682/ayna.562941
Chicago
Ünal, Elif, and Tülin Gençöz. 2019. “Child Abuse Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas”. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi 6 (3): 227-43. https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.562941.
EndNote
Ünal E, Gençöz T (October 1, 2019) Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi 6 3 227–243.
IEEE
[1]E. Ünal and T. Gençöz, “Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas”, AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 227–243, Oct. 2019, doi: 10.31682/ayna.562941.
ISNAD
Ünal, Elif - Gençöz, Tülin. “Child Abuse Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas”. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi 6/3 (October 1, 2019): 227-243. https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.562941.
JAMA
1.Ünal E, Gençöz T. Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi. 2019;6:227–243.
MLA
Ünal, Elif, and Tülin Gençöz. “Child Abuse Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas”. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 3, Oct. 2019, pp. 227-43, doi:10.31682/ayna.562941.
Vancouver
1.Elif Ünal, Tülin Gençöz. Child Abuse/Neglect and Depressive Symptomatology: The Mediating Roles of Early Maladaptive Schemas. AYNA Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi. 2019 Oct. 1;6(3):227-43. doi:10.31682/ayna.562941

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