Emotional, physical, and sexual maltreatment in childhood versus adolescence and personality dysfunction in young adulthood.
The current study examined the unique relations of childhood and adolescent maltreatment (emotional, physical, and sexual) with DSM-III-R personality disorder (PD) dimensions in a sample of undergraduates. The results suggested that reported levels of childhood sexual maltreatment were uniquely related to six of the 11 PD dimensions examined. In contrast, reported levels of adolescent emotional maltreatment were uniquely related to only three PD dimensions and reported levels of adolescent physical maltreatment were uniquely related to only one PD dimension. Thus, whereas reported levels of adolescent emotional and physical maltreatment demonstrated some specificity to the various kinds of personality dysfunction, reported levels of childhood sexual maltreatment appeared to be related to more generalized personality dysfunction in young adulthood.
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Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085, USA. bgibb@temple.edu
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Abramson
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D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires