It is a family affair: individual experiences and sibling exposure to emotional, physical and sexual abuse and the impact on adult depressive symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood abuse and neglect often occurs within families and can have a large influence on mental well-being across the lifespan. However, the sibling concordance of emotional abuse and neglect (i.e. together referred to as emotional maltreatment; EM), physical abuse (PA) and sexual abuse (SA) and the long-term impact on the context of siblings' maltreatment experiences are unclear. To examine the influence of EM, PA and SA on adult depressive symptoms within the family framework we differentiate between (a) the family-wide (mean level of all siblings) effects and (b) the individual deviation from the mean family level of maltreatment.

Methods

The sample (N = 636) consists of 256 families, including at least one lifetime depressed or anxious individual and their s

SUBMITTER: Kullberg ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426575 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature