BackgroundAbout 3% to 8% of women of fertile age are thought to have premenstrual dysphoric disor... more BackgroundAbout 3% to 8% of women of fertile age are thought to have premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), which is regarded as a serious form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), although the details of this common condition remain unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze the interrelations of childhood maltreatment, personality traits, and life stress in the etiology of PMS/PMDD.MethodsA total of 240 adult female volunteers from a community in Japan were investigated, using the following 5 questionnaires: Patient Health Quesstionaire-9, Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), Life Experiences Survey, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) scale. The questionnaire data were subjected to path analyses to clarify the association between childhood maltreatment and the severity of premenstrual symptoms, mediated by personality traits and life stress.ResultsThe 2 path analysis models showed that high harm avoidance (HA) on the TCI and low self-dire...
Background: Previous studies reported that the experience of maltreatment in childhood reduces su... more Background: Previous studies reported that the experience of maltreatment in childhood reduces subjective well-being in adulthood, and that neuroticism is negatively associated with subjective well-being. However, the interrelationship between childhood maltreatment, adult life events, neuroticism, and subjective well-being has not been analyzed to date. Methods: A total of 404 adult volunteers provided responses to the following questionnaires: 1) Childhood Abuse and Trauma Scale, 2) Life Experiences Survey, 3) Neuroticism Subscale of the Shortened Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, and 4) Subjective Well-Being Inventory. Using the path model, the interrelationship between these parameters was analyzed. Results: The effect of childhood abuse on subjective well-being was indirect, and not direct, and was mediated by neuroticism. The effect of neuroticism on the negative, but not positive, change score on the Life Experiences Survey was significant. The indirect effect of neu...
BackgroundPresenteeism, which is reduced productivity levels owing to physical or mental problems... more BackgroundPresenteeism, which is reduced productivity levels owing to physical or mental problems, causes substantial economic loss. It is known to be associated with personal and working environment factors, but the mechanism has not been fully clarified to date. Therefore, we analyzed the effects of childhood abuse on presenteeism of general adult workers, and the mediating effects of subjective social status and trait anxiety.MethodsFrom 2017 to 2018, a cross-sectional survey was performed, and 469 adult workers provided written consent. Demographic information, and results from the Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, Subjective Social Status, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y, and Work Limitations Questionnaire were investigated. Multiple linear regression and path analyzes were performed.ResultsChildhood abuse indirectly affected current presenteeism via subjective social status and trait anxiety. Presenteeism was directly affected only by trait anxiety, childhood abuse directly a...
Previous studies indicated that personality traits have a mediator effect on the relationship bet... more Previous studies indicated that personality traits have a mediator effect on the relationship between childhood abuse and depressive symptoms in major depressive disorder and nonclinical general adult subjects. In the present study, we aimed to test the hypothesis that personality traits mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and depressive symptoms in schizophrenia. We used the following questionnaires to evaluate 255 outpatients with schizophrenia: the Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, temperament and character inventory, and Patients Health Questionnire-9. Univariate analysis, multiple regression analysis, and structured equation modeling (SEM) were used to analyze the data. The relationship between neglect and sexual abuse and the severity of depressive symptoms was mostly mediated by the personality traits of high harm avoidance, low self-directedness, and low cooperativeness. This finding was supported by the results of stepwise multiple regression analysis and the accep...
Up to recently Japanese psychologists have scarcely known about critical psychology in the Englis... more Up to recently Japanese psychologists have scarcely known about critical psychology in the English-speaking world or about the psychology of liberation in Latin America; although a few have recognized the importance of Klaus Holzkamp’s work and have read it since 1970s. However, some have been engaged in critical psychological research and practice in relation to problems to be tackled in their local contexts. In this paper, critical research and practice by Japanese psychologists in feminist psychology, psychology of ethnic minorities, clinical psychology, discourse analysis, and theoretical psychology are discussed.
BackgroundAbout 3% to 8% of women of fertile age are thought to have premenstrual dysphoric disor... more BackgroundAbout 3% to 8% of women of fertile age are thought to have premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), which is regarded as a serious form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), although the details of this common condition remain unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze the interrelations of childhood maltreatment, personality traits, and life stress in the etiology of PMS/PMDD.MethodsA total of 240 adult female volunteers from a community in Japan were investigated, using the following 5 questionnaires: Patient Health Quesstionaire-9, Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), Life Experiences Survey, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) scale. The questionnaire data were subjected to path analyses to clarify the association between childhood maltreatment and the severity of premenstrual symptoms, mediated by personality traits and life stress.ResultsThe 2 path analysis models showed that high harm avoidance (HA) on the TCI and low self-dire...
Background: Previous studies reported that the experience of maltreatment in childhood reduces su... more Background: Previous studies reported that the experience of maltreatment in childhood reduces subjective well-being in adulthood, and that neuroticism is negatively associated with subjective well-being. However, the interrelationship between childhood maltreatment, adult life events, neuroticism, and subjective well-being has not been analyzed to date. Methods: A total of 404 adult volunteers provided responses to the following questionnaires: 1) Childhood Abuse and Trauma Scale, 2) Life Experiences Survey, 3) Neuroticism Subscale of the Shortened Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, and 4) Subjective Well-Being Inventory. Using the path model, the interrelationship between these parameters was analyzed. Results: The effect of childhood abuse on subjective well-being was indirect, and not direct, and was mediated by neuroticism. The effect of neuroticism on the negative, but not positive, change score on the Life Experiences Survey was significant. The indirect effect of neu...
BackgroundPresenteeism, which is reduced productivity levels owing to physical or mental problems... more BackgroundPresenteeism, which is reduced productivity levels owing to physical or mental problems, causes substantial economic loss. It is known to be associated with personal and working environment factors, but the mechanism has not been fully clarified to date. Therefore, we analyzed the effects of childhood abuse on presenteeism of general adult workers, and the mediating effects of subjective social status and trait anxiety.MethodsFrom 2017 to 2018, a cross-sectional survey was performed, and 469 adult workers provided written consent. Demographic information, and results from the Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, Subjective Social Status, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y, and Work Limitations Questionnaire were investigated. Multiple linear regression and path analyzes were performed.ResultsChildhood abuse indirectly affected current presenteeism via subjective social status and trait anxiety. Presenteeism was directly affected only by trait anxiety, childhood abuse directly a...
Previous studies indicated that personality traits have a mediator effect on the relationship bet... more Previous studies indicated that personality traits have a mediator effect on the relationship between childhood abuse and depressive symptoms in major depressive disorder and nonclinical general adult subjects. In the present study, we aimed to test the hypothesis that personality traits mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and depressive symptoms in schizophrenia. We used the following questionnaires to evaluate 255 outpatients with schizophrenia: the Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, temperament and character inventory, and Patients Health Questionnire-9. Univariate analysis, multiple regression analysis, and structured equation modeling (SEM) were used to analyze the data. The relationship between neglect and sexual abuse and the severity of depressive symptoms was mostly mediated by the personality traits of high harm avoidance, low self-directedness, and low cooperativeness. This finding was supported by the results of stepwise multiple regression analysis and the accep...
Up to recently Japanese psychologists have scarcely known about critical psychology in the Englis... more Up to recently Japanese psychologists have scarcely known about critical psychology in the English-speaking world or about the psychology of liberation in Latin America; although a few have recognized the importance of Klaus Holzkamp’s work and have read it since 1970s. However, some have been engaged in critical psychological research and practice in relation to problems to be tackled in their local contexts. In this paper, critical research and practice by Japanese psychologists in feminist psychology, psychology of ethnic minorities, clinical psychology, discourse analysis, and theoretical psychology are discussed.
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