Journal article
Attachment insecurity partially mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and depression severity in bipolar disorder
AL Wrobel, SE Russell, A Jayasinghe, M Lotfaliany, A Turner, OM Dean, SM Cotton, C Diaz-Byrd, AK Yocum, ER Duval, TJ Ehrlich, DF Marshall, M Berk, MG McInnis
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | Published : 2022
DOI: 10.1111/acps.13419
Abstract
Background: Childhood trauma is associated with greater depression severity among individuals with bipolar disorder. However, the mechanisms that explain the link between childhood trauma and depression severity in bipolar disorder remain poorly understood. The mediational role of attachment insecurity in childhood and adulthood was assessed in the current study. Methods: Participants with bipolar disorder (N = 143) completed measures of childhood trauma (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire), attachment insecurity (Experiences in Close Relationships Scale) and depression severity (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale) as part of the Prechter Longitudinal Study of Bipolar Disorder. A sequential mediat..
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Funding Acknowledgements
ALW is supported by a Deakin University Centre of Research Excellence in Psychiatric Treatment Postgraduate Research Scholarship. SER is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. AJ is supported by a Deakin University Research Training Program Scholarship. ML is supported by an Alfred Deakin Post--Doctorate Research Fellowship (ADPRF). OMD is supported by a NHMRC R.D. Wright Biomedical Career Development Fellowship (APP1145634). SMC is supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (APP1136344). ERD is supported by the National Institutes of Mental Health (K23MH109762). MB is supported by a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship (APP1156072). Data collection for the Prechter Longitudinal Study of Bipolar Disorder is supported by Heinz C Prechter Bipolar Program, the Richard Tam Foundation, the Department of Psychiatry and the Eisenberg Family Depression Center at the University of Michigan.