Depression - anxiety symptoms and its relationship with Childhood Teasing experiences

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

Received: 2017-09-05 Accepted : 2017-05-04 Published : 2017-08-23

Keywords: depression, anxiety, teasing,

Abstract :

Bing teased during childhood might be such an Experiences that play a significant role in the development of beliefs about oneself and the world. The current study aimed to investigate Depression - anxiety symptoms and its relationship with Childhood Teasing experiences. To this aim, with a descriptive-correlational study 201 students of  University of  Tehran (male and female) were selected by convenience sampling method and evaluated in Teasing experiences, Depression and anxiety. Results of correlation and Simultaneous regression analysis revealed that Positive and mutual relationships between Teasing experiences, anxiety and depression were found. The findings are indicated that four Teasing subscales explained 19/8 percent of depression variance and 17/1 percent of anxiety variance. These results support and extend previous findings the linking between Depression - anxiety symptoms and its relationship with Childhood Teasing experiences.