2022
To what extent do social support and mastery mediate the association between childhood maltreatment and depression? A sequential causal mediation analysis
Su Y, Li M, D'Arcy C, Caron J, O'Donnell K, Meng X. To what extent do social support and mastery mediate the association between childhood maltreatment and depression? A sequential causal mediation analysis. Epidemiology And Psychiatric Sciences 2022, 31: e77. PMID: 36263598, PMCID: PMC9677445, DOI: 10.1017/s2045796022000609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressionLongitudinal population-based studySocial supportPopulation-based studyDevelopment of depressionSequential causal mediation analysisMaltreatment subtypesChildhood maltreatment subtypesPsychosocial attributesPotential confoundingSubsequent depressionSubtypesCausal mediation analysisDepressionScientific evidenceChildhood maltreatmentVicious cycleIndependent roleAssociationDirect effectMediation analysisStudied variablesMajor contributorMaltreatmentTo what extent do social support and coping strategies mediate the relation between childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder: A longitudinal community-based cohort.
Li M, O'Donnell K, Caron J, Meaney M, Kobor M, D'Arcy C, Su Y, Liu A, Meng X. To what extent do social support and coping strategies mediate the relation between childhood maltreatment and major depressive disorder: A longitudinal community-based cohort. Development And Psychopathology 2022, 36: 50-61. PMID: 36102218, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579422000918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor depressive disorderLongitudinal community-based cohortCommunity-based cohortDepressive disorderChildhood maltreatmentRisk of MDDSocial supportSubsequent major depressive disorderGenetic predispositionDirect effectPrevention programsSociodemographic characteristicsNegative copingNegative coping strategiesCoping strategiesPositive coping strategiesCohortDisordersPotential factorsPositive copingMediation analysisRobust evidenceDetrimental effectsCopingMaltreatmentImpulsivity mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and quality of life: Does social support make it different?
Gao T, Mei S, Li M, O'Donnell K, Caron J, Meng X. Impulsivity mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and quality of life: Does social support make it different? Personality And Individual Differences 2022, 184: 111208. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality of lifeChildhood maltreatmentLarge community-based cohortSocial supportCommunity-based cohortCross-sectional studyEthical approvalInformed consentStudy sampleAdaptive coping strategiesHistory of maltreatmentCohortHigh impulsivityIntervention effortsEffect of impulsivityAssociationImpulsivityMaltreatmentMediation analysisCoping strategies
2015
Symptoms of major depressive disorder subsequent to child maltreatment: Examining change across multiple levels of analysis to identify transdiagnostic risk pathways
Shenk CE, Griffin AM, O'Donnell KJ. Symptoms of major depressive disorder subsequent to child maltreatment: Examining change across multiple levels of analysis to identify transdiagnostic risk pathways. Development And Psychopathology 2015, 27: 1503-1514. PMID: 26535940, PMCID: PMC4774890, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579415000905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderMDD symptomsDepressive disorderRisk pathwaysChild maltreatmentPrevalent psychiatric conditionChild maltreatment populationSubstantiated child maltreatmentPsychiatric conditionsSymptomsClinical interventionsSaliva samplesLaboratory stressorDirect targetingFemale adolescentsCertain childrenChildrenEmotion regulationDisordersComparison conditionSignificant indirect effectCurrent studyMaltreatmentPathwayEmotion dysregulation