María F Rabito-Alcón1, José I Baile1, Johan Vanderlinden2. 1. Department of Psychology, Open University of Madrid (UDIMA), 28400 Madrid, Spain. 2. Campus Kortenberg, Universitair Psychiatrisch (Centrum KU Leuven), 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: many people with different diagnoses, including eating disorders, have suffered traumatic experiences in childhood. METHOD: a case-control study was performed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of child trauma and dissociative symptoms in people with eating disorders and compare the results obtained with a control group. Participants were administered the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and the Structured Clinical Interview for Personality Disorders (SCID-II) to confirm diagnostic criteria and explore possible comorbidities. Traumatic experiences in childhood were evaluated with the Child Trauma Questionnaire in its abbreviated version (CTQ-SF), psychoform dissociation was measured with the Scale of Dissociative Experiences (DES-II) and somatoform dissociation with the Somatoform Dissociation Scale (SDQ-20). RESULTS: women with eating disorders reported a greater severity and higher prevalence of child trauma than the control group. Significant differences were found by groups in dissociative symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: our results, in a Spanish sample, confirm the findings of previous studies.
BACKGROUND: many people with different diagnoses, including eating disorders, have suffered traumatic experiences in childhood. METHOD: a case-control study was performed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of childtrauma and dissociative symptoms in people with eating disorders and compare the results obtained with a control group. Participants were administered the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and the Structured Clinical Interview for Personality Disorders (SCID-II) to confirm diagnostic criteria and explore possible comorbidities. Traumatic experiences in childhood were evaluated with the ChildTrauma Questionnaire in its abbreviated version (CTQ-SF), psychoform dissociation was measured with the Scale of Dissociative Experiences (DES-II) and somatoform dissociation with the Somatoform Dissociation Scale (SDQ-20). RESULTS:women with eating disorders reported a greater severity and higher prevalence of childtrauma than the control group. Significant differences were found by groups in dissociative symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: our results, in a Spanish sample, confirm the findings of previous studies.
Authors: Ana Hernandez; David Gallardo-Pujol; Noemí Pereda; Arnoud Arntz; David P Bernstein; Ana M Gaviria; Antonio Labad; Joaquín Valero; Jose Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes Journal: J Interpers Violence Date: 2012-12-24