Table 1 Sample Characteristics
From: Associations between childhood maltreatment and adult depression: a mediation analysis
Demographic characteristics | |||||
Age (years): M (SD) | 45.10 (11.89) | ||||
Gender (Female): n (%) | 705 (68.60) | ||||
Education: n (%) | |||||
- Less than high-school diploma | 355 (34.60) | ||||
- High-school diploma (or equivalent) | 648 (63.10) | ||||
- University degree | 22 (2.10) | ||||
- No degree | 2 (0.20) | ||||
Relationship Status (n (%)) | |||||
- In partnership | 700 (68.16) | ||||
- Divorced/Widowed | 118 (11.49) | ||||
- Not in a relationship | 209 (20.35) | ||||
Clinical Characteristics | |||||
Current MDE according to DSM-5: n (%)a | 167 (16.30) | ||||
Severity of current depressive symptoms: n (%)b | |||||
- none | 42 (4.10) | ||||
- minimal – mild | 822 (80.00) | ||||
- moderate – severe | 163 (15.90) | ||||
Former MDE: n (%) | 500 (48.70) | ||||
PCL-5 Total Score: M (SD) | 14.22 (13.70) | ||||
PCL-5 Total Score > Cut-off 33: n(%)c | 125 (12.20) | ||||
CTQ Total-Score: M (SD) | 42.84 (15.55) | ||||
CTQ-Subscales: n (%)) | Emotional Abuse | Physical Abuse | Sexual Abuse | Emotional Neglect | Physical Neglect |
None to minimald | 486 (47.30) | 781 (76.00) | 764 (74.40) | 399 (38.80) | 657 (64.00) |
Low to moderated | 275 (26.80) | 94 (9.20) | 95 (9.30) | 311 (30.30) | 175 (17.00) |
Moderate to severed | 91 (8.90) | 85 (8.30) | 107 (10.40) | 128 (12.50) | 122 (11.90) |
Severe to extremed | 175 (17.00) | 67 (6.50) | 61 (5.90) | 189 (18.40) | 73 (7.10) |