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Associations between Exposure to Alienating Behaviors, Anxiety, and Depression in an Italian Sample of Adults
Author(s) -
Verrocchio Maria Cristina,
Baker Amy J. L.,
Bernet William
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/1556-4029.13046
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , mental health , beck depression inventory , trait anxiety , psychiatry , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
The aim of this study was to examine associations between exposure to alienating behaviors ( AB s) and anxiety and depression as mediated through psychological maltreatment and parental bonding in a sample of Italian adults in the community. Five hundred and nine adults were given a measure of exposure to AB s, the Baker Strategy Questionnaire; the Psychological Maltreatment Measure; the Parental Bonding Instrument; the State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory‐Y; and the Beck Depression Inventory‐II. Exposure to AB s was associated with psychological maltreatment, which was associated with parental bonding, which was associated with each of the three mental health outcomes: depression, state anxiety, and trait anxiety. The authors conclude that exposure to AB s in childhood represents a risk factor for subsequent poor mental health.