Citation

Zlotnick C, Shea MT, Zakriski A, Costello E, Begin A, Pearlstein T, Simpson E. Compr. Psychiatry 1995; 36(3): 207-212.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7648844

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine which childhood events were associated with more extensive use of adult dissociative states in 90 female inpatients with histories of sexual abuse. The study found that childhood stressors of maltreatment (physical neglect, witnessing sexual abuse, and witnessing physical abuse) were associated with higher levels of dissociative symptoms. In contrast, childhood stressors of loss (parental separation and death of a close relative) were not related to increased severity of dissociative symptoms. The study also demonstrated that a close relationship with either a parent, sibling, extraparental adult, or friend did not have a mediating effect on the degree of adult dissociative symptoms. Directions for future research are presented.

Language: en