Risk Factors for Adult Depression: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Personality Functioning

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dc.contributor.authorDagnino, Paula
dc.contributor.authorUgarte, María José
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorGonzález, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorSaralegui, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorEhrenthal, Johannes C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-28T12:27:30Z
dc.date.available2021-10-28T12:27:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBackground: Depressive disorder is one of the main health problems worldwide. Many risk factors have been associated with this pathology. However, while the association between risks factors and adult depression is well established, the mechanisms behind its impact remains poorly understood. A possible, yet untested explanation is the mediating impact of levels of personality functioning, i.e., impairments with regard to self and interpersonal. Method: Around 162 patients were assessed at the beginning of their therapy, with regard to risk factors, such as sociodemographic, physical, hereditary (Information Form), and adverse childhood experiences (ACE; CTQ). Depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI) and personality functioning (OPD-SQ) were also measured. Associations between the related variables as well as other possible covariates were examined by means of zero-order correlations and bootstrapping-based mediation analysis. Results: Of all the risk factors taken into account, level of education and physical illness were associated with depression. On the other hand, the most significant predictor of depressive symptomatology was ACE, and this relationship was mediated by personality functioning. This indicates that patients presenting adverse childhood experiences are more likely to develop deficiencies in personality functioning, which in turn increases their likelihood of developing depressive symptomatology. Conclusion: These results reaffirm the importance of incorporating risk and vulnerability factors such as personality functioning in understanding depression.es
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Psychology. 11:594698es
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.594698es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/4958
dc.language.isoenes
dc.subjectDepressiones
dc.subjectImpairmentses
dc.subjectRisk factorses
dc.subjectPersonality functioninges
dc.subjectAdverse childhood experienceses
dc.titleRisk Factors for Adult Depression: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Personality Functioninges
dc.typeArticlees

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