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Depression and sensitization to stressors among young women as a function of childhood adversity

Hammen, Constance, Henry, Risha, Daley, Shannon E.·2000·Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Abstract

The authors tested a stress-sensitization version of a diathesis-stress approach to depression. In a 2-year longitudinal follow-up design, exposure to stressful life events was examined in young women in the transition to adulthood. The authors hypothesized that those who had experienced one or more significant childhood adversities would have a lower threshold for developing a depressive reaction to stressors. Results indicated that women with exposure to one or more childhood adversities--such as family violence, parent psychopathology or alcoholism, and others--were more likely to become depressed following less total stress than women without such adversity. The results could not be accounted for by chronic stress or prior depression. Both biological and psychological sensitization mechanisms may be speculated to play a role, but the actual mechanisms of stress sensitization remain to be explored.

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Authors
Hammen, C., Henry, R., & Daley, S. E.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Published
2000-10
Volume
68
Issue
5
Pages
782-787
ISSN
  • 0022-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-2117
OpenAlex
W2101291506
Cited by
598
References
43
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Keywords
depression, stress sensitization, childhood adversity, diathesis-stress model, life events, young women, coming of age, domestic violence, parental psychopathology, parental alcoholism, chronic stress
MeSH terms
Adjustment Disorders, Adult, Depression, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Repression-Sensitization, Risk, Stress, Psychological, Odds Ratio, Child of Impaired Parents

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