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Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Adult Vulnerability to PTSD: The Mediating Effects of Attachment and Dissociation
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Two hundred and eighty-four adults from the metropolitan New York area reported on their history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), childhood physical abuse (CPA), and on the nature of their exposure to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The respondents also completed the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R), the Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES). Those reporting histories of CSA and/or CPA were found to endorse more serious symptoms of PTSD, as did those who witnessed the terrorist attack live. The presence of secure attachments and dissociative symptoms were related significantly to both CSA and CPA, and to scores on the IES-R. Adult attachment and dissociation were found to mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and severity of PTSD.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Twaite, J. A., & Rodriguez-Srednicki, O.
- Affiliations
- Team Neurodynamics (United States) (US)
- Montclair State University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2004-08-13
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-38
- ISSN
- 1053-8712 (ISSN-L)
- 1547-0679
- OpenAlex
- W2125746085
- Cited by
- 132
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 2.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, adult attachment, dissociation, secure attachment, mediation, World Trade Center attacks, trauma exposure, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, Dissociative Experiences Scale
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual, Dissociative Disorders, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, New York City, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Time Factors, Multivariate Analysis, Survivors, Terrorism
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