title: The role of childhood trauma, early maladaptive schemas, emotional schemas and experimental avoidance on depression: A structural equation modeling.
abstract: The present investigation was designed to examine disconnection and rejection (DR) schemas, negative emotional schemas (NESs) and experimental avoidance (EA) as mediating variables of the relationship between the childhood trauma (CT) and depression. Specifically we examined the mediating role of NESs and EA between DR schemas and depression. The study sample consist of 439 female college students (Mage=22.47; SD=6.0), of whom 88 met the criteria for current major depressive disorder (MDD) and 351 who had history of MDD in the last 12 months. Subjects were assessed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) and completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire (SQ-SF), the Leahy Emotional Schemas Scale (LESS), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II), and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). The findings showed that DR schemas were mediator of the relationship CT and depression but CT through the NESs and EA did not predict depression. NESs were mediator of the relationship between DR schemas and depression and EA was mediator of the relationship between DR schemas and depression. In general, results suggest that intervention of depressed women may need to target the changing of DR schemas, NESs and reduction of EA.
authors: Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran. Electronic address: Rezaee.mehdi15@yahoo.com.
authors: Mehdi
authors: M
authors: Rezaei
authors: Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran.
authors: Firoozeh
authors: F
authors: Ghazanfari
authors: Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran.
authors: Fatemeh
authors: F
authors: Rezaee
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000069586:Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Childhood trauma; Depression; Early maladaptive schemas; Emotional schemas; Experimental avoidance