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Childhood maltreatment, emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms during spousal bereavement.
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Child Abuse & Neglect . Jun2022, Vol. 128, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Childhood maltreatment increases the risk of depression, especially after experiencing a stressful life event, such as bereavement. Employing emotion regulation strategies can mitigate the impact childhood maltreatment has on depression later in life following the loss of a spouse. We evaluated how cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression moderated the impact of childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms following spousal bereavement. We examined 130 bereaved individuals 3 months after the death of a spouse, 4 months after the death of a spouse, and 6 months after the death of a spouse. We utilized a mixed model approach to test the interaction between childhood maltreatment and cognitive reappraisal and between childhood maltreatment and expressive suppression to predict depressive symptoms across 3 time points. Cognitive reappraisal moderated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms (b = − 0.17, p =.003); expressive suppression did not (b = 0.06, p =.452). Participants who used less cognitive reappraisal had a positive relationship between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms (b = 3.27, p <.001);participants who used more cognitive reappraisal did not (b = 1.09, p =.065). Childhood maltreatment interacted with cognitive reappraisal, but not expressive suppression, to predict depressive symptoms following spousal bereavement. This study reveals how emotion regulation strategies can be utilized as a tool to buffer the impact of childhood maltreatment on mental health following a stressor later in life, which can serve as a target for future interventions for individuals experiencing a stressful life event. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01452134
- Volume :
- 128
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156895387
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105618