Do Adult Attachment Style or Personality Mediate the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Late-Life Depression in Poor Communities?

• Published in: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 246 - 253
• Main Authors: Gomes Jardim, Gabriel Behr, Gomes, Irenio, Mehdi, Gholam, Ranjbar, Setareh, Engroff, Paula, Santos, Milena Antunes, Neto, Alfredo Cataldo, von Gunten, Armin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Aged; Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders - psychology; Child; Child Abuse - psychology; Depression - psychology; Humans; Personality; childhood maltreatment; late-life depression; personality; attachment

Objective Childhood maltreatment is associated with late-life depression. Preliminary evidence indicates that personality characteristics, in particular neuroticism and extroversion, and an anxious attachment style mediate this association. The objective is to evaluate 3 models, in which personality...