Severity, frequency and age of onset of childhood abuse as factors in the development of dissociative symptoms

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet S. Kirby ◽  
James A. Chu ◽  
Diana L. Dill
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Dissociative Symptoms

Dissociation in victims of childhood abuse or neglect: a meta-analytic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (15) ◽  
pp. 2467-2476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Vonderlin ◽  
Nikolaus Kleindienst ◽  
Georg W. Alpers ◽  
Martin Bohus ◽  
Lisa Lyssenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Random Effects Models ◽  
Dissociative Symptoms ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Dissociative Experience Scale ◽  
Type Of Abuse

AbstractChildhood abuse and neglect are associated with dissociative symptoms in adulthood. However, empirical studies show heterogeneous results depending on the type of childhood abuse or neglect and other maltreatment characteristics. In this meta-analysis, we systematically investigated the relationship between childhood interpersonal maltreatment and dissociation in 65 studies with 7352 abused or neglected individuals using the Dissociative Experience Scale (DES). We extracted DES-scores for abused and non-abused populations as well as information about type of abuse/neglect, age of onset, duration of abuse, and relationship to the perpetrator. Random-effects models were used for data synthesis, and meta-regression was used to predict DES-scores in abused populations from maltreatment characteristics. The results revealed higher dissociation in victims of childhood abuse and neglect compared with non-abused or neglected subsamples sharing relevant population features (MAbuse = 23.5, MNeglect = 18.8, MControl = 13.8) with highest scores for sexual and physical abuse. An earlier age of onset, a longer duration of abuse, and parental abuse significantly predicted higher dissociation scores. This meta-analysis underlines the importance of childhood abuse/neglect in the etiology of dissociation. The identified moderators may inform risk assessment and early intervention to prevent the development of dissociative symptoms.

Making Sense of Heterogeneity in the Influence of Childhood Abuse, Mental Health, and Drug Use on Women’s Offending Pathways

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1565-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Broidy ◽  
Jason Payne ◽  
Alex R. Piquero
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Pathways Model ◽  
Female Offending ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Life Course

Building from the developmental and life course literature and the feminist pathways literature, we aim to detail when and how exposure to abuse in childhood shapes female offending trajectories. Using data from 470 female offenders in Australia, our analyses assess whether internalizing symptoms and drug use help explain the link between early abuse and later offending among females. We then examine whether these links are most acute for females who onset early and evidence chronic involvement in offending. In support of the feminist pathways model, we find evidence for a pathway from early abuse to internalizing symptoms to drug use and then offending. In addition, and in line with the life course literature, we also find important differences in how these risks unfold across women, depending particularly on age of onset and offending chronicity. We reflect on the implications of our findings for theory and intervention with respect to female offending.

Self-mutilating behaviour of psychiatric inpatients

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.L.I. Nijman ◽  
M. Dautzenberg ◽  
H.L.G.J. Merckelbach ◽  
P. Jung ◽  
I. Wessel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Dissociative Symptoms ◽  
Self Mutilation ◽  
History Of

SummaryIn the present study two broad hypotheses about the origins of self-mutilation in psychiatric patients were evaluated. The first hypothesis states that self-mutilation originates from child abuse and experiences of neglect and is connected to dissociation in later life. The second hypothesis views self-mutilation as the consequence of impulse control problems. To test these two hypotheses, data concerning traumatic childhood experiences and dissociative symptoms (hypothesis 1), as well as data concerning aggressiveness, obsessive-compulsiveness and sensation seeking (hypothesis 2) were collected in a sample of 54 psychiatric inpatients. Twenty-four out of 54 patients (44%) reported having engaged in self-mutilation. Mean age of onset of this behaviour was 23 years. Self-report measures of self-mutilators were more in line with the first than with the second hypothesis. That is, patients who engaged in self-mutilation reported more traumatic childhood experiences and dissociative symptoms than did control patients. The two groups did not differ in terms of aggressiveness, obsessive-compulsiveness, and sensation seeking. In line with earlier studies, the current results indicate that self-mutilating behaviour is linked to a history of abuse and neglect.

Childhood abuse and dissociative symptoms in adult schizophrenia

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren W Holowka ◽  
Suzanne King ◽  
Dominique Saheb ◽  
Monica Pukall ◽  
Alain Brunet
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Dissociative Symptoms

Ist jünger immer besser? Frühes Fremdsprachenlernen in der Grundschule

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 133-148
Author(s):  
Johanna Fleckenstein ◽  
Jens Möller ◽  
Jürgen Baumert
Keyword(s):  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Empirische Studien

Zusammenfassung. Die Vorverlegung des Fremdsprachenunterrichts von der Sekundar- in die Primarstufe ist im europäischen Bildungsraum innerhalb der letzten beiden Jahrzehnte annähernd flächendeckend umgesetzt worden. Grundlage dieser Politik des frühen Fremdsprachenlernens ist die Annahme, dass Kinder besser Sprachen lernten, je jünger sie seien. Der Frühbeginn soll damit neben dem erhöhten Sprachkontakt durch zusätzlichen Unterricht ( amount of exposure) auch den Vorteil größerer Lernerfolge durch geringes Alter bei Beginn ( age of onset) bieten. Der vorliegende Beitrag fasst den aktuellen Forschungsstand zusammen und beschreibt einschlägige empirische Studien, die sich mit den Effekten des Frühbeginns auseinandersetzen. Die Befundlage erweist sich dabei als ernüchternd: Der Frühbeginn führt weder zu mittel- noch zu langfristigen Vorteilen. Auch wenn die Leistungen am Ende der Grundschulzeit zufriedenstellend sind, können die höheren Lernraten bei Spätbeginn die zusätzliche Lernzeit bei Frühbeginn in den meisten Fällen vollständig kompensieren. Mögliche Erklärungsansätze hinsichtlich der Qualität des Fremdsprachenunterrichts, der Ausbildung von Grundschullehrkräften sowie des Übergangs in die Sekundarstufe werden diskutiert.

Victim of Childhood Abuse: “Heal Thyself!”

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (47) ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Hepburn
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Abuse

Age of Onset for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. Minichiello ◽  
L. Baer ◽  
M. A. Jenike ◽  
A. Holland
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder
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