Self-stigma mediates the relationships between childhood maltreatment and symptom levels of PTSD, depression, and anxiety.

ABSTRACT: Background: Childhood maltreatment is a risk factor for developing multiple forms of psychopathology, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety. Yet, the mechanisms linking childhood maltreatment and these psychopathologies remain less clear.Objective: Here we examined whether self-stigma, the internalization of negative stereotypes about one's experiences, mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and symptom severity of depression, PTSD, and anxiety.Methods: Childhood trauma survivors (N = 685, Mage = 36.8) were assessed for childhood maltreatment, self-stigma, and symptoms of depression, PTSD, and anxiety. We used mediation analyses with childhood maltreatment as the independent variable. We then repeated th

SUBMITTER: Haim-Nachum S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11238652 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature