Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues

Esra Zıvralı Yarar

doi:10.33817/muhakeme.642072

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Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues

Öz

The association between childhood maltreatment and later mental health problems, especially adult depression, has been widely studied in the literature. The long-term effects of childhood maltreatment have encouraged investigators to examine possible factors and mechanisms explaining this relationship. Studies investigating genetic and nervous, endocrine and immune systems-related factors explaining the link between childhood adversity and adult depression reported significant results. However, findings of studies examining childhood maltreatment and adult depression relationship should be evaluated carefully before taking actions on them due to a number of limitations. This paper documented some of these methodological issues briefly: concerns about definition and terms used for maltreatment, generalizability of results, uncontrolled factors, unreturned data, multiple maltreatment types and assessment of maltreatment. Findings of research on long-term effects of maltreatment are promising to offer new research directions as well as development of strategies to help individuals with early maltreatment history and depression in adulthood. Future studies should take methodological concerns into consideration and try to overcome related limitations.

Anahtar Kelimeler

childhood maltreatment,adulthood,depression,methodology,limitations

Çocukluk İstismar Öyküsü ve Yetişkin Depresyonu: Yöntemsel Meseleler

Öz

Çocuklukta yaşanılan istismar ve yetişkinlikteki zihin sağlığı problemleri, özellikle depresyon, alanyazında oldukça fazla çalışılmış bir konudur. Çocuk istismarının uzun vadeli sonuçları araştırmacıları bu ilişkiyi açıklayan olası faktör ve mekanizmaları incelemeye teşvik etmiştir. Çocukluktaki kötü yaşantılar ve yetişkin depresyonu arasındaki bağlantıyı açıklamaya çalışan genetik, sinir sistemi, endokrin sistem ve bağışıklık sistemi ile ilişkili faktörleri inceleyen araştırmalardan anlamlı sonuçlar elde edilmiştir. Ancak, konu ile ilgili çalışmalardan elde edilen bulgular bir takım kısıtlılıklar sebebiyle eylem planlarına dahil edilmeden önce dikkatle değerlendirilmelidir. Bu makalede söz konusu yöntemsel meselelerden bazıları ele alınmakta ve çocukluktaki istismar yaşantıları için kullanılan tanım ve terimlere, çalışma sonuçlarının genellenebilirliğine, kontrol edilmeyen faktörlere, geri dönüt alınamayan verilere, istismarın çoklu türlerine ve ölçümüne yönelik endişelere yer verilmektedir. İstismarın uzun vadeli etkileri hakkındaki araştırmalardan elde edilen sonuçlar yeni araştırma fikirlerinin yanında erken istismar geçmişi bulunan ve depresyonu olan yetişkinlere yardım etmek için yeni stratejiler geliştirilmesine katkıda bulunmaktadır. Gelecekteki çalışmalar yöntemsel endişeleri dikkate almalı ve ilgili kısıtlılıkların üstesinden gelmeye çalışmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

çocuk istismarı,yetişkinlik,depresyon,yöntem,kısıtlılıklar

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Psikoloji

Bölüm

Derleme

Yazarlar

Esra Zıvralı Yarar ^*
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Aralık 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

3 Kasım 2019

Kabul Tarihi

25 Aralık 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33817/muhakeme.642072

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA97DF72XH

APA

Zıvralı Yarar, E. (2019). Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues. Muhakeme Journal, 2(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.33817/muhakeme.642072

AMA

1.Zıvralı Yarar E. Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues. Muhakeme Journal. 2019;2(2):1-7. doi:10.33817/muhakeme.642072

Chicago

Zıvralı Yarar, Esra. 2019. “Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues”. Muhakeme Journal 2 (2): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.33817/muhakeme.642072.

EndNote

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IEEE

[1]E. Zıvralı Yarar, “Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues”, Muhakeme Journal, c. 2, sy 2, ss. 1–7, Ara. 2019, doi: 10.33817/muhakeme.642072.

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Zıvralı Yarar, Esra. “Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues”. Muhakeme Journal 2/2 (01 Aralık 2019): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.33817/muhakeme.642072.

JAMA

1.Zıvralı Yarar E. Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues. Muhakeme Journal. 2019;2:1–7.

MLA

Zıvralı Yarar, Esra. “Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues”. Muhakeme Journal, c. 2, sy 2, Aralık 2019, ss. 1-7, doi:10.33817/muhakeme.642072.

Vancouver

1.Esra Zıvralı Yarar. Childhood Maltreatment History and Adult Depression: Methodological Issues. Muhakeme Journal. 01 Aralık 2019;2(2):1-7. doi:10.33817/muhakeme.642072