Citation

Cantón-Cortés D, Cortés MR, Cantón J. Fem. Criminol. 2022; 17(2): 206-222.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/15570851211044113

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study aimed to propose and empirically test a model of the role of beliefs and emotions, self-destructive coping, and anxious attachment in the etiology of depression among a sample of 217 female survivors of child sexual abuse. The structural equation model showed a direct path from feelings of betrayal, self-destructive coping, and major anxious attachment to depression. The model also showed an indirect path (via self-destructive coping and anxious attachment) from feelings of powerlessness?particularly self-blame/stigma?to depression. The present results confirmed the existence of an explanatory model of depression risk in young adult women.

Language: en