PTSD, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation in African American women: a mediated model.
Although research has shown positive associations among post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation, the nature of these relations is unclear, especially in African American women. This study examined the associations among these comorbid psychological difficulties in a sample of 136 low-income, African American women. Specifically, the goal of this investigation was to ascertain if overall depressive symptoms, as well as both the cognitive-affective and somatic components of depression, mediated the PTSD-suicidal ideation link. Results from bootstrapping analyses revealed that overall depressive symptoms and the cognitive-affective components of depression, but not the somatic components, mediated the PTSD-suicidal ideation link.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Grady Health System, School of Medicine, Emory University, 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Erika R
ER
Carr
Amanda M
AM
Woods
Arshya
A
Vahabzadeh
Carla
C
Sutton
Justine
J
Wittenauer
Nadine J
NJ
Kaslow
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult