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From: Childhood maltreatment and subsequent depressive symptoms: a prospective study of the sequential mediating role of self-esteem and internalizing/externalizing problems

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Conceptual multiple serial mediation model

Hypothesized indirect effect of CM at wave 1 (exposure variable) on the severity of depressive symptoms at wave 3 (outcome variable) via self-esteem at wave 1 (mediator 1) and internalizing/externalizing problems at wave 2 (mediator 2). Path c’ and c: total and direct effect of exposure on the outcome; paths a1 and a2: effect of exposure on mediator 1 and mediator 2; path a3: effect of mediator 1 on mediator 2; path b1 and b2: mediator 1 and mediator 2 on the outcome

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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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