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Depressive symptoms after trauma: Is self-esteem a mediating factor?
David, Mélissa; Ceschi, Grazia; Billieux, Joël et al.
2008In Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196 (10), p. 735-742
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Keywords :
Depression; PTSD.; Self-esteem; Trauma; Beck Depression Inventory; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Self Concept; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Stress, Psychological
Abstract :
[en] Traumatic events have predicted depressive symptoms. Despite this consensus, it remains unclear as to whether the relationship between trauma and depression is consistently mediated by a negative cognitive schema, such as low self-esteem, or whether trauma influences mood independently of low self-esteem. This study tested these relationships while considering depressive symptom types. One hundred thirty-two students reported the number of traumatic events experienced and self-esteem and depression levels. Results indicated 2 depressive symptom types: "cognitive-affective" and "somatic." Structural Equation Modeling tested an unmediated path from trauma to depressive symptoms and a path mediated by self-esteem. Results supported the unmediated relationship between trauma and "cognitive- affective" depressive symptoms, and did not support mediation by self-esteem. Findings are discussed in view of a dimensional rather than categorical approach to depression, and in consideration of alternative symptom clusters resulting from trauma in addition to those captured by posttraumatic stress disorder. © 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
David, Mélissa;  Université de Genève - UNIGE > Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit
Ceschi, Grazia;  Université de Genève - UNIGE > Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit
Billieux, Joël;  Université de Genève - UNIGE > Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Language :
English
Title :
Depressive symptoms after trauma: Is self-esteem a mediating factor?
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
ISSN :
0022-3018
eISSN :
1539-736X
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States - Maryland
Volume :
196
Issue :
10
Pages :
735-742
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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