The relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental health problems: coping strategies and social support act as mediators

Table 4 Summary of indirect effects among child abuse, social support, positive coping skills, major depressive episode, generalized anxiety disorder and suicide ideation

Path	Estimate	p-value	95% Bias-corrected CI
Path	Estimate	p-value	Lower	Upper
Child abuse→ Social support→ MDE	0.030	P < 0.01	0.024	0.036
Child abuse→ Social support→ GAD	0.032	P < 0.01	0.026	0.039
Child abuse→ Social support→ Suicide ideation	0.039	P < 0.01	0.033	0.046
Child abuse→ Positive coping skills→ MDE	0.055	P < 0.01	0.048	0.063
Child abuse→ Positive coping skills→ GAD	0.054	P < 0.01	0.046	0.062
Child abuse→ Positive coping skills→ Suicide ideation	0.038	P < 0.01	0.032	0.044

MDE major depressive episode, GAD generalized anxiety disorder, CI confidence interval

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