Personality traits as mediators of the relationship between childhood trauma and depression severity in bipolar disorder: A structural equation model.
Anna L WrobelSamantha E RussellAnuradhi JayasingheBianca E KavanaghMojtaba LotfalianyAlyna TurnerOlivia M DeanSue M CottonClaudia Diaz-ByrdAnastasia K YocumElizabeth R DuvalTobin J EhrlichDavid F MarshallMichael BerkMelvin G McInnisPublished in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2022)
Personality traits may be relevant psychological mediators that link childhood trauma to a more severe clinical presentation of bipolar depression. Consequently, a person's personality structure may be a crucial operative factor to incorporate in therapeutic plans when treating individuals with bipolar disorder who report a history of childhood trauma.