Shame-proneness as a diathesis for dissociation in women with histories of childhood sexual abuse.
This study examined whether shame-proneness is associated with dissociation among abused women. Participants were 99 hospitalized women with and without reported histories of childhood sexual abuse. Hypotheses were that childhood sexual abuse and shame-proneness would each be associated with dissociation, and that the relationship between sexual abuse and dissociation would be greater among women with higher shame-proneness. Multiple regression analysis indicated that shame-proneness was independently related to dissociation, but childhood sexual abuse was not. As predicted, the combination of shame-proneness and childhood sexual abuse was associated with dissociation.
Talbot
Jean A
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA. Jean_Talbot@URMC.Rochester.Edu
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Nancy L
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D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012752:Shame