Citation

Martínez-Taboas A, Canino G, Wang MQ, García P, Bravo M. J. Trauma. Stress 2006; 19(4): 439-448.

Affiliation

Behavioral Sciences Research Institute and Department of Graduate Studies in Education, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico and Carlos Albizu University, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jts.20144

PMID

16929499

Abstract

This study explored the relationships among a variety of victimization experiences and dissociative symptoms in a community probabilistic household sample (n = 891) of youths (11-17 years old) in Puerto Rico. To measure dissociative symptoms, the authors selected eight items from the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (Armstrong, Putnam, Carlson, Liber, & Smith, 1997) that are indicative of pathological forms of dissociation. Victimization factors associated with dissociation were investigated with bivariate logistic regression followed by multiple logistic regression. The results indicated that 44 (4.9%) youths experienced pathological dissociative symptoms. Forty-three (98%) of those youths experienced victimization. Logistic regression analyses indicated that the risk of pathological dissociation was significant among those participants who reported severe forms of physical abuse and those who were exposed to violence.

Language: en