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PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
Volume 165, Issue 3, Pages 281-287Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.10.017
Keywords
Neglect; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse; Emotional abuse; CTQ
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- NARSAD
- Pfizer/Society of Women's Health Research Award
- [1 K23 MH067947]
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The present Study examines the effects of different types of childhood maltreatment on personality disorder symptoms in a sample of adults with no Axis I psychopathology, Participants reporting a history of moderate to severe maltreatment on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (n = 70) were grouped by type of abuse and compared with a non-abused group (n = 35) with regard to the number of personality disorder symptoms endorsed. Physical/sexual abuse and emotional abuse/neglect each were associated with elevated symptoms of all three personality disorder clusters. Elevated symptoms of several specific personality disorders were also seen, including paranoid, borderline, avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive, and depressive personality disorder. There were no significant differences between the maltreatment groups. These findings indicate that emotional abuse/neglect and physical/sexual abuse are risk factors for a broad array of personality outcomes in a non-clinical sample. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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