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.
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
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