Roles of attachment and self-esteem: impact of early life stress on depressive symptoms among Japanese institutionalized children

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作者
Suzuki, Hanako [1 ]
Tomoda, Akemi [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tsukuba, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Int Student Ctr, Ibaraki, Japan
[2] Univ Fukui, Res Ctr Child Mental Dev, Eiheiji, Fukui 9101193, Japan
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); Attachment; Depressive symptoms; Institutionalized children; Maltreatment; Self-esteem; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES; ADULT ATTACHMENT; RATING SCALE; FOLLOW-UP; ABUSE; DISORDER; CARE;
D O I
10.1186/s12888-015-0385-1
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Background: Although exposure to early life stress is known to affect mental health, the underlying mechanisms of its impacts on depressive symptoms among institutionalized children and adolescents have been little studied. Methods: To investigate the role of attachment and self-esteem in association with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and depressive symptoms, 342 children (149 boys, 193 girls; age range 9-18 years old, mean age = 13.5 +/- 2.4) living in residential foster care facilities in Japan completed questionnaires related to internal working models, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms. Their care workers completed questionnaires on ACEs. Results: Structural equation modeling (SEM) was created and the goodness of fit was examined (CMIN = 129.223, df = 1.360, GFI = .959, AGFI = .936, CFI = .939, RMSEA = .033). Maltreatment negatively predicted scores on secure attachment, but positively predicted scores on avoidant and ambivalent attachment. The secure attachment score negatively predicted depressive symptoms. The ambivalent attachment score positively predicted depressive symptoms both directly and through self-esteem, whereas the avoidant attachment score positively predicted depressive symptoms only directly. Maltreatment neither directly predicts self-esteem nor depressive symptoms, and parental illness/death and parental sociopathic behaviors did not predict any variables. Conclusions: Results show that the adversity of child maltreatment affects depression through attachment styles and low self-esteem among institutionalized children. Implications of child maltreatment and recommendations for child welfare services and clinical interventions for institutionalized children are discussed.
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