title: No evidence for verbal learning impairments in women with a history of childhood abuse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. m.jelicic@psychology.unimaas.nl
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jelicic
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Geraerts
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merckelbach
mesh_terms: 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*