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Çocukluk Dönemi İstismarı ve Depresyon: Duygu Düzenleme ve Akıldışı İnançların Rolü

Year 2025, Volume: 22 Issue: 1, 46 - 63
https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1557269

Abstract

Çocukluk dönemi istismar ve ihmali ile yaşamın ilerleyen dönemlerindeki depresif belirtiler arasındaki ilişkiye, duygu düzenleme zorlukları da dahil olmak üzere birçok faktör etki eder. Bu çalışmada, duygu düzenleme güçlükleri ve irrasyonel düşünmenin çocukluk dönemi kötü davranımı ile depresyon belirtileri arasındaki ilişkiyi aracılık edip etmediği araştırılmıştır. Çalışmaya 18-61 yaşları arasında toplam 354 katılımcı katılmıştır. Çocukluk Çağı Travmaları Ölçeği (CTQ), Beck Depresyon Envanteri, Duygu Düzenleme Güçlüğü Ölçeği (DERS-16) ve Kısaltılmış Genel Tutum ve İnanç Ölçeği (SGABS) kullanılmıştır. Tasarlanan modelleri test etmek için yapısal eşitlik modellemesi (SEM) kullanılmıştır. İlk modelde, çocukluk dönemi kötü davranımı ile depresyon belirtileri arasındaki ilişkide, duygu düzenleme güçlükleri ve akıldışı inançların aracılık edeceği varsayılmıştır. Bulgular, akıldışı inançların (Kısaltılmış Genel Tutum ve İnanç Ölçeği) verilerle uyumlu olmadığını ve depresyonla olan ilişkisinin anlamlı olmadığını göstermiş ve modelden çıkarılmıştır. Model, çocukluk dönemi istismar ve ihmali ile depresyon belirtileri arasındaki ilişkiye kısmen aracılık eden duygu düzenleme güçlükleri ile test edilmiştir. Diğer modellerde, CTQ alt ölçekleri ile depresyon belirtileri arasındaki ilişkide duygu düzenleme güçlüklerinin aracı rolü test edilmiştir. Duygu düzenleme güçlükleri, depresyon belirtileri ile duygusal istismar, fiziksel istismar ve cinsel istismar arasındaki ilişkiye tam aracılık ederken, ihmal alt ölçekleri ile depresyon belirtileri arasındaki ilişkiye kısmen aracılık etmiştir. Sonuçlar, yetişkinlerdeki depresif belirtileri anlamak ve etkili müdahaleler tasarlayabilmek için birden fazla mekanizmanın anlaşılmasının kritik olduğunu göstermektedir.

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Childhood Maltreatment and Depression: The Role of Emotion Regulation and Irrational Beliefs

Year 2025, Volume: 22 Issue: 1, 46 - 63
https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1557269

Abstract

Numerous factors contribute to the relationship between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms in later life, with emotion dysregulation being a key component. This study explored the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation and irrational beliefs in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16), and the Shortened General Attitude and Belief Scale (SGABS) were administered to a total of 354 participants aged 18-61. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test several models. The initial model proposed that the link between childhood maltreatment and depression symptoms would be mediated by difficulties in emotion regulation and irrational beliefs. The results indicated that irrational beliefs did not fit the data and showed no significant relationship with depression, leading to its removal from the model. In subsequent models, the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties in the relationship between the subscales of the CTQ and depression symptoms was examined. Emotion regulation difficulties were found to fully mediate the relationship between depression symptoms and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and physical abuse, while partially mediating the relationship between depression symptoms and the neglect subscales. Results highlight the importance of understanding the multiple mechanisms involved in adult depressive symptomatology.

Ethical Statement

İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Bilimsel Araştırmalar Etik Kurulu. 14.12.2020 tarihli 58 sayılı

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Primary Language English
Subjects Applied and Developmental Psychology (Other)
Journal Section Research Articles
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Aslı Burçak Taşören 0000-0002-5864-6475

Early Pub Date February 16, 2025
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Submission Date September 27, 2024
Acceptance Date January 30, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 22 Issue: 1

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APA Taşören, A. B. (2025). Childhood Maltreatment and Depression: The Role of Emotion Regulation and Irrational Beliefs. OPUS Journal of Society Research, 22(1), 46-63. https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1557269