Characteristics of child maltreatment and their relation to dissociation, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and depression in adult psychiatric patients.
- Mueller-Pfeiffer C Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. christoph.mueller-pfeiffer@access.uzh.ch
- Moergeli H
- Schumacher S
- Martin-Soelch C
- Wirtz G
- Fuhrhans C
- Hindermann E
- Rufer M
- 2013-05-21
Published in:
- The Journal of nervous and mental disease. - 2013
Adolescent
Adult
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
Age Factors
Aged
Checklist
Child
Child Abuse, Sexual
Child Development
Depression
Dissociative Disorders
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
English
Little is known about the influence of particular characteristics of childhood maltreatment, such as developmental stage, relationship to the perpetrator, and nature of the trauma, on adult psychopathology. The effects of childhood maltreatment were assessed in adult psychiatric patients (N = 287) using self-rating scales and diagnostic checklists. Maltreatment was strongly associated with dissociation. This relationship was observed for all childhood developmental stages and was strongest when the perpetrator was outside the family. Dissociation was more strongly correlated with childhood emotional abuse and sexual harassment than with sexual or physical abuse. Childhood sexual abuse was found to be associated with symptoms of posttraumatic stress. The findings suggest that dissociation is a relatively specific consequence of childhood maltreatment that is largely independent of the familial relationship to the perpetrator or the child's developmental stage.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182948096
- PMID 23686156
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/251743
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