The role of depression and dissociation in the relationship between childhood trauma and bulimic symptoms among ethnically diverse female undergraduates

Domestic Violence and Parental Divorce as Predictors of Best Friendship Qualities Among College Students

“…Main effects were also found for family conflict as a significant predictor of fear of intimacy and reduced friendship quality. There is other evidence that children from highly dysfunctional family systems often also experience a higher rate of psychological disorders (de Zulueta, 2006;Felitti et al, 1998;Gerke et al, 2006;Menard et al, 2004) and later assume spousal roles in equally troubled martial relationships (Amato & Cheadle, 2005;Christensen & Brooks, 2001;Glenn & Kramer, 1987;Wallerstein, Lewis, & Blakeskee, 2000). Felitti et al (1998) found that of 17,337 adults responding to a questionnaire, 11% indicated being emotionally abused as a child, 19.9% reported sexual abuse, and 30.1% identified being physically abused.…”

“…More than a million children each year (15-42 cases per 1,000) have been firmly identified as victims of abuse or neglect, with more than 1,200 annually failing to survive their injuries (Kocher & Kasser, 2000). Research has demonstrated that adults who have reported being abused as children were at an increased risk for distress and mental disorders (de Zulueta, 2006;Gerke, Mazzeo, & Kliewer, 2006;Grella, Stein, & Greenwell, 2005;Menard, Bandeen-Roche, & Chilcoat, 2004). In the United States the prevalence rates for major depression in children vary between 2% and 8% and the prevalence rates for anxiety disorders in children are approximately 10% of the population (Barrios & O'Dell, 1998;Kazdin & Marciano, 1998).…”

Somatoform dissociation among Swedish adolescents and young adults: The psychometric properties of the Swedish versions of the SDQ-20 and SDQ-5

“…A substantial number of persons with eating disorders (20-50%) have been found to have both dissociative symptoms and a background of traumatic experiences (16,(38)(39)(40). Few studies report on demographic characteristics such as gender or age differences and Nijenhuis (41) concludes that no indication of gender and age differences has been found.…”

Self-reports of trauma and dissociation: An examination of context effects

“…For example, Dalenberg et al (2012) reported correlations that ranged from r = 0.06 (ns) to r = 0.44 (p < 0.001) in non-clinical samples, and from r = 0.14 (ns) to r = 0.63 (p < 0.001) in clinical samples. Although Dalenberg et al (2012) notably excluded studies including undergraduate students, after sampling the correlations between self-report measures of trauma and dissociation in the college population in peer-reviewed empirical studies, we determined that the correlations reported ranged from r = 0.05 (ns) to r = 0.34 (p < 0.01; e.g., Gerke, Mazzeo, & Kliewer, 2006;Klanecky, McChargue, & Bruggeman, 2012;Lilly, 2011;Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Schmidt, 2002;Michal et al, 2007). These findings suggest that the effect sizes reported across studies of trauma and dissociation are highly variable, even in non-clinical samples.…”