Childhood sexual abuse and lifetime depressive symptoms: the importance of type and timing of childhood emotional maltreatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and emotional maltreatment are salient risk factors for the development of major depressive disorder (MDD) in women. However, the type- and timing-specific effects of emotional maltreatment experienced during adolescence on future depressive symptomatology in women with CSA have not been explored. The goal of this study was to fill this gap.

Methods

In total, 203 women (ages 20-32) with current depressive symptoms and CSA (MDD/CSA), remitted depressive symptoms and CSA (rMDD/CSA), and current depressive symptoms without CSA (MDD/no CSA) were recruited from the community and completed self-report measures. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and a detailed maltreatment history was collected usi

SUBMITTER: Hutson LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11650171 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature