Emotion dysregulation as a mediator between childhood emotional abuse and current depression in a low-income African-American sample

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1590-1598

  Crow, Thomas ^a   Cross, Dorthie ^a   Powers, Abigail ^a   Bradley, Bekh ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotion dysregulation; Emotional abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTION DYSREGULATION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908575440     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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