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Fig. 2 | BMC Psychiatry

Fig. 2

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

Fig. 2

Serial-multiple mediation of self-esteem (wave 1) and different SDQ subscales (wave 2) in the relationship between CM (wave 1) and depressive symptoms (wave 3)

Solid arrows indicate significant paths, and dotted arrows indicate insignificant paths

The unstandardized path coefficients for the overall sample are presented outside the brackets, and data for males and females are present on the left and right in brackets, respectively. Significant path coefficients have been bolded

All mediation models were adjusted for age, household socioeconomic status, living arrangement, classmate relations, relationships with teachers, smoking, drinking, depressive symptoms, internalizing and externalizing problems at wave 1, and sex (overall model only)

W1, wave 1; W2, wave 2; W3, wave 3

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

& Overall: R2 = 0.29, F = 63.08, p < 0.001; male: R2 = 0.26, F = 29.52, p < 0.001; female: R2 = 0.30, F = 35.64, p < 0.001

Ψ Overall: R2 = 0.29, F = 61.91, p < 0.001; male: R2 = 0.25, F = 27.77, p < 0.001; female: R2 = 0.30, F = 36.13, p < 0.001

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