Relationship among childhood trauma, resilience and depressive symptom in adolescents / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the current situation of depressive symptoms among adolescents in Wuhan city and explore the association among childhood trauma,resilience and depressive symptom.Methods:Totally 5906 students were chosen from 5 primary schools,3 middle schools and 2 high schools in Wuhan.The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) was used to evaluate childhood trauma experience,the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) were used to assess resilience level and depressive symptoms respectively.Results:The rates of depressive symptoms and childhood trauma were 16.1％ (953/5906) and 32.4％ (1915/5906).The subjects with experience of childhood trauma (n =1915) showed higher CES-D scores lower CD-RISC scores and each factor scores compared with those without experience of childhood trauma (n =3991).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the experience of childhood trauma (OR =2.81,95％ CI2.41-3.29) was risk factor for depressive symptoms.Resilience (51 ≤ CD-RISC ≤ 63OR =0.53,95 ％ CI0.44-0.64;64 ≤ CD-RISC ≤ 77OR =0.32,95 ％ CI0.26 ～ 0.39;78 ≤ CD-RISC ≤ 100OR =0.17,95％ CI0.13-0.22) was protective factor for depressive symptoms.Conclusion:The adolescences with experience of childhood trauma are more likely to suffer from depressive symptoms.Resilience may be a protective factor for depressive symptoms.