Chihiro Morishita, Jiro Masuya, Yoshitaka Ishii, Tomoteru Seki, Ayaka Deguchi, Motoki Higashiyama, Miki Ono, Mina Honyashiki, Shinji Higashi, Ichiro Kusumi, Takeshi Inoue
The aim of this study was to analyze whether interpersonal sensitivity mediates the effect of qualitative parenting characteristics experienced during childhood on the appraisal of life experiences and depression severity during adulthood in adult community volunteers. A total of 404 Japanese adult volunteers answered the following four self-report questionnaires: Parental Bonding Instrument, Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure, Life Experiences Survey, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Structural equation modeling was performed to analyze whether childhood parenting quality increases depressive symptom severity through interpersonal sensitivity, which then affects the appraisal of recent life events...
January 10, 2024: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease