Childhood Abuse and Positive and Negative Relationship Quality in Women: The Role of Depression

Q3 Psychology

Journal of Relationships Research Pub Date : 2020-09-30 DOI:10.1017/jrr.2020.6

M. Fitzgerald, T. Ledermann, J. Grzywacz, Cailyn Hamstra

引用次数: 6

Abstract

Abstract The interpersonal nature of childhood abuse has led researchers to examine how abuse in childhood is associated with the quality of adult women's romantic relationships. Depression is one pathway by which childhood abuse may be associated with relationship quality. The current study considers whether childhood abuse is linked to positive and negative relationship quality through depressive symptoms. Data were obtained from women participating in the Longitudinal Study of Childhood Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN; N = 544) and were analysed using structural equation modelling. Results indicate a significant indirect effect from childhood abuse to both positive and negative quality through women's depressive symptoms. The indirect effect from abuse to negative relationship quality through depression was significantly larger than positive relationship quality. These results suggest that childhood abuse and subsequent depressive symptoms has a twofold effect on women's romantic relationships.

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童年虐待与女性正负关系质量:抑郁症的作用

摘要儿童期虐待的人际性质促使研究人员研究儿童期虐待与成年女性浪漫关系质量的关系。抑郁症是儿童期虐待可能与关系质量相关的一种途径。目前的研究考虑了儿童虐待是否通过抑郁症状与积极和消极的关系质量有关。数据来自参与儿童虐待和忽视纵向研究（LONGSCAN；N=544）的妇女，并使用结构方程模型进行分析。结果表明，儿童时期的虐待通过女性的抑郁症状对积极和消极品质产生了显著的间接影响。虐待通过抑郁对消极关系质量的间接影响显著大于积极关系质量。这些结果表明，童年时期的虐待和随后的抑郁症状对女性的浪漫关系有双重影响。

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Journal of Relationships Research Psychology-Social Psychology

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