Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma

Background: Studies have shown that low childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. Childhood trauma, as a potential consequence of low SES, may play an important part, but the mediation effect of childhood trauma remains to be elucidated.Methods...

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Autores principales: Caiyan Yang, Peiyi Chen, Junyi Xie, Yongtong He, You Wang, Xueling Yang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cfbfb5dd8c814422a66fa57ff68a6df32021-12-01T15:06:07ZChildhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma1664-064010.3389/fpsyt.2021.706559https://doaj.org/article/cfbfb5dd8c814422a66fa57ff68a6df32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.706559/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-0640Background: Studies have shown that low childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. Childhood trauma, as a potential consequence of low SES, may play an important part, but the mediation effect of childhood trauma remains to be elucidated.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,807 university students. The MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Economic Status—Youth Version, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and Beck Depression Inventory were used to measure childhood SES, childhood trauma, and current depressive symptoms, respectively. A structural equation model (SEM) was employed to demonstrate the mediating role of childhood trauma on the association between childhood SES and depressive symptoms.Results: The SEM demonstrated that childhood SES had significant indirect effects upon depressive symptoms via childhood trauma. Childhood trauma accounted for 89.3% of the total effect, indicating a profound mediation effect.Conclusions: The effect of childhood SES on the depressive symptoms of young adults was mediated by childhood trauma, which emphasizes the importance of early prevention and intervention of child neglect/abuse.Caiyan YangPeiyi ChenJunyi XieYongtong HeYou WangYou WangYou WangXueling YangXueling YangXueling YangFrontiers Media S.A.articlesocioeconomic statusdepressive symptomschildhood traumayoung adultsChinaPsychiatryRC435-571ENFrontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 12 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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topic socioeconomic status
depressive symptoms
childhood trauma
young adults
China
Psychiatry
RC435-571
spellingShingle socioeconomic status
depressive symptoms
childhood trauma
young adults
China
Psychiatry
RC435-571
Caiyan Yang
Peiyi Chen
Junyi Xie
Yongtong He
You Wang
You Wang
You Wang
Xueling Yang
Xueling Yang
Xueling Yang
Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma
description Background: Studies have shown that low childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. Childhood trauma, as a potential consequence of low SES, may play an important part, but the mediation effect of childhood trauma remains to be elucidated.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,807 university students. The MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Economic Status—Youth Version, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and Beck Depression Inventory were used to measure childhood SES, childhood trauma, and current depressive symptoms, respectively. A structural equation model (SEM) was employed to demonstrate the mediating role of childhood trauma on the association between childhood SES and depressive symptoms.Results: The SEM demonstrated that childhood SES had significant indirect effects upon depressive symptoms via childhood trauma. Childhood trauma accounted for 89.3% of the total effect, indicating a profound mediation effect.Conclusions: The effect of childhood SES on the depressive symptoms of young adults was mediated by childhood trauma, which emphasizes the importance of early prevention and intervention of child neglect/abuse.
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author Caiyan Yang
Peiyi Chen
Junyi Xie
Yongtong He
You Wang
You Wang
You Wang
Xueling Yang
Xueling Yang
Xueling Yang
author_facet Caiyan Yang
Peiyi Chen
Junyi Xie
Yongtong He
You Wang
You Wang
You Wang
Xueling Yang
Xueling Yang
Xueling Yang
author_sort Caiyan Yang
title Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma
title_short Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma
title_full Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma
title_fullStr Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Depressive Symptoms of Young Adults: Mediating Role of Childhood Trauma
title_sort childhood socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms of young adults: mediating role of childhood trauma
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/cfbfb5dd8c814422a66fa57ff68a6df3
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