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Sequelae of Child Abuse: The Role of Social and Personal Resources

Vranceanu, Ana-Maria
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1183738342

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2007, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
This dissertation investigated the role of social and personal resources in the development of depression and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women with histories of child abuse. I hypothesized that child abuse (CA) will be associated with decreased social (e.g., high social support, low social conflict) and personal (e.g., self-efficacy, self esteem) resources in adulthood, which in turn, would increase risk for current depression and PTSD symptoms. Participants were inner-city women (N = 650) recruited from two clinics in Akron, OH. CA significantly predicted PTSD, and decreased social and personal resources, but did not predict depression. Social resources, but not personal resources directly predicted PTSD and depression. Social resources significantly mediated the CA-PTSD and CA-depression relationships. Personal resources impacted depression and PTSD only through their significant relationship with social resources. Ethnic differences on these models were also observed. Depression and PTSD were also found to mediate the association between CA and resources, in reversed models. Overall, results suggest a bidirectional relationship between resources and psychopathology, which may be mutually reinforcing and cyclically related over time. Implications for interventions are discussed.
Stevan Hobfoil (Committee Chair)
Janis Crowther (Other)
Greer Glazer (Other)
Robert Johnson (Other)
Maria Zaragoza (Other)
depression and PTSD; psychological resources; social and psychological resources; Depression; social resources

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  • Vranceanu, A.-M. (2007). Sequelae of Child Abuse: The Role of Social and Personal Resources [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1183738342

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Vranceanu, Ana-Maria. Sequelae of Child Abuse: The Role of Social and Personal Resources. 2007. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1183738342.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Vranceanu, Ana-Maria. "Sequelae of Child Abuse: The Role of Social and Personal Resources." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1183738342

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