Childhood abuse and stress generation: The mediational effect of depressogenic cognitive styles

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 217-222

  Liu, Richard T ^a   Choi, Jimmy Y ^b   Boland, Elaine M ^c   Mastin, Becky M ^c   Alloy, Lauren B ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Life events; Negative cognitive styles; Stress generation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CAUSALITY; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027929705     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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