Objectives : To compare clinical symptoms and the degree of dissociative symptoms between patients who have with or without childhood adverse experiences.
Method : Sixty female anxiety patients were administered the Childhood Abuse Questionnare , the...
Objectives : To compare clinical symptoms and the degree of dissociative symptoms between patients who have with or without childhood adverse experiences.
Method : Sixty female anxiety patients were administered the Childhood Abuse Questionnare , the Dissociative Experiences Scale(DES), the Parent-Child Bonding Inventory(PBI), and the Symptoms Checklist 90-R(SCL-90-R)
Results :
1) The clinical diagnosis were not different between patients with and without a history of childhood abuse.
2) The anxiety disorders patients have a history of childhood sexual abuse showed significantly higher scores in the DES, and somatization subscale of the SCL 90-R.
3) The anxiety disorders patients have a history of childhood physical abuse showed not different in the DES, but showed higher scores in the somatization subscale of the SCL 90-R.
4) The maternal care subscale of the PBI were inversely correlated with the DES.
Conclusions : Experiences of childhood sexual abuse and low perceived maternal care are associated with higher dissociative experience scores. Experiences of childhood sexual and physical abuse are associated with higher somatization scores.