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Based on the facts that child abuse rarely exists in isolation from one or more of the other child abuse subcategories, a depressive affect at some particular point includes both reactively provoked one and persistent one, and depressive affect and borderline personality organization are inseparable, this study explored the influence of each child abuse subcategory on later development of borderline personality organization, as well as on persistent depressive affect, examining whether the causality between some particular child abuse subcategory and depression is direct or indirect, i.e. mediated by borderline personality pathology. Three hundred four Japanese university students were the target for analysis. Questionnaire surveys were conducted over a six-week period on three occasions. Structural equation modeling was used for the statistical analysis. Self-Rating Depressive Scale (SDS), Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO), and Child Abuse and Trauma Scale (CATS) were used for assessing depressive affects, borderline personality organization, and past experience of child abuse, respectively. “Neglect and Emotional Abuse” had a deteriorating effect on children’s later mental health. “Sexual Abuse” and “Authoritarianism” had indirect influence via borderline personality organization. Although “Physical Punishment and Scolding” and “Marital Disharmony” per se did not have a significant negative impact on later mental health, it should be noted that they are frequently accompanied by “Neglect and Emotional Abuse.” |
