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008			110331s1998 eng
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040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aMulder, Roger T. _91772
245			_aRelationship between dissociation, childhood sexual abuse, childhood physical abuse, and mental illness in a general population sample _cMulder, Roger T.; Beautrais, Annette L.; Joyce, Peter R.; Fergusson, D.M. (David Murray)
260			_aArlington, Va. _bAmerican Psychiatric Publishing _c1998
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500			_aAmerican Journal of Psychiatry 155(6) June 1998 : 806-811
520			_aThis article discusses a study that examined the relationship between childhood sexual abuse, childhood physical abuse, current psychiatric illness, and measures of dissociation in an adult population. The authors were interested to see whether there was a direct relationship between childhood abuse and dissociative symptoms scores in adulthood. In particular, they wanted to investigate the relationship between sexual and physical abuse, the relationship between abuse and mental illness, and the relationship between mental illness and measures of dissociation. A randomly selected sample of 1,028 individuals completed a semistructered face-to-face interview that included measures of childhood sexual abuse, childhood physical abuse, DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnoses, and selected items from the Dissociative Experiences Scale. It was found that 6.3% of the general population suffered from three or more frequently occurring dissociative symptoms. Childhood sexual abuse, childhood physical abuse, and current psychiatric illness were all related to high scores on the Dissociative Experiences Scale. However, the relationship between these factors showed that the effects of sexual abuse were not direct, but were due to the association of childhood sexual abuse with current psychiatric disorder and the association of childhood sexual abuse with childhood physical abuse. Childhood physical abuse was directly related to high scores on the Dissociative Experiences Scale. The authors point out that these findings call into question the hypothesised direct relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adult dissociative symptoms.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILD NEGLECT _9114
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDEMOGRAPHICS _9189
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
700	1		_aBeautrais, Annette L. _9766
700	1		_aJoyce, Peter R. _91450
700	1		_91142 _aFergusson, David M.
773	0		_tThe American Journal of Psychiatry 155(6) June 1998 : 806-811
830			_aAmerican Journal of Psychiatry _94645
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE
999			_c2276 _d2276