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Resilience and cognitive biases mediate the relationship between early exposure to traumatic life events and depressive symptoms in young adults

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Mętel, Dagmara, Arciszewska, Aleksandra, Daren, Artur, Frydecka, Dorota, Cechnicki, Andrzej, Gawęda, Łukasz·2019·Journal of Affective Disorders

Abstract

Background Early trauma is an important risk factor for depression. However, little is known about the mechanisms of how traumatic life events shape the risk of depression. The present study focused on the mediating role of cognitive biases and mental resilience between early trauma and depressive symptoms in young men and women.Methods 2218 non-clinical young adults completed an online Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI). It comprised selected items from several questionnaires including: a short version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D, five items) questionnaire, the Traumatic Experience Checklist (TEC, three items) and the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire (CECA.Q, three items), a short version (nine items) of Davos Assessment of Cognitive Biases Scale (DACOBS-18), the abridged version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10). Parallel mediation analyses were performed. The role of gender was considered.Results A significant standardized indirect effect of childhood trauma on depressive symptoms through cognitive biases and resilience was found in the total sample. A standardized direct effect of childhood traumatic life events on depressive symptoms remained also significant, meaning that mediation is complementary. An analysis by gender showed similar results for women and men.Limitations Sample was limited to non-clinical young adults. The questionnaires were shortened, and items were selected arbitrarily due to the nature of the study (online screening). The data may include biases resulting from the use of self-report scales.Conclusions Cognitive biases and resilience are important, but not exclusive, mechanisms of the relationship between early trauma and depressive symptoms.

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Authors
Mętel, D., Arciszewska, A., Daren, A., Frydecka, D., Cechnicki, A., & Gawęda, Ł.
Affiliations
  • Jagiellonian University (PL)
  • Uniwersytet SWPS (PL)
  • Wroclaw Medical University (PL)
  • Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
Corresponding author
  • Arciszewska, Aleksandra
  • Gawęda, Łukasz
Venue
Journal of Affective Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-07
Volume
254
Pages
26-33
ISSN
0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2943933193
Cited by
30
References
81
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2
FWCI
5.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Homo Politicus (Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Keywords
childhood trauma, depressive symptoms, cognitive biases, resilience, mediation, young adults, gender differences, risk factors for depression
MeSH terms
Child, Child Abuse, Cognition, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Bias, Resilience, Psychological, Young Adult, Self Report

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