RESEARCH ARTICLE
Contribution of Perceived Rearing to Depression: The Role of Cognitive Patterns as a Mediator
Toshinori Kitamura*, Nao Tanaka
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2012Volume: 5
First Page: 38
Last Page: 43
Publisher ID: TOPSYJ-5-38
DOI: 10.2174/1874350101205010038
Article History:
Received Date: 10/10/2012Revision Received Date: 22/10/2012
Acceptance Date: 22/10/2012
Electronic publication date: 30/11/2012
Collection year: 2012
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Abstract
To test possible mediation of the effects of the perceived parenting in childhood on depression, university stu-dents (N = 258) were examined using a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. A path model indicated that (1) the effects of dysfunctional attitude (rated by the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale) on depression (rated by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) was mediated by automatic thoughts (rated by the Automatic Thought Questionnaire–Revised), (2) the effects of perceived rearing on depression were mediated by dysfunctional attitudes and automatic thoughts, and (3) perceived rearing was influenced by the gender of the student. These findings suggest that the well-studied link be-tween childhood experiences and adult depression are mediated by depression-related cognitive styles.