Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among Youth Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have frequently reported a high prevalence of co-occurring anxiety and depression among people who experienced stressful events in childhood. However, few have noted the symptomatic relationship of this comorbidity among childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors. Therefore, this study's objectives were as follows: (1) to examine the relationship across symptoms between anxiety and depression among CSA survivors; (2) to compare differences between male and female network structures among CSA survivors.

Methods

A total of 63 Universities and Colleges in Jilin Province, China, covered 96,218 participants in this study, a sub-set data of which met the criteria of CSA was analyzed with the network analysis. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (C

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504753 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature