No evidence for verbal learning impairments in women with a history of childhood abuse.
We examined verbal learning in 54 women with a history of childhood abuse and 40 women without trauma history. Although women with a history of abuse reported higher levels of psychological distress than controls, the two groups did not differ in their verbal learning performance.
Jelicic
Marko
M
Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. m.jelicic@psychology.unimaas.nl
Geraerts
Elke
E
Merckelbach
Harald
H
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*