Relationship Between Dissociative and Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Men and Women Reporting Childhood Sexual Abuse |
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Authors: | Steven N Gold Stacey A Ketchman Irene Zucker Melissa A Cott Alfred H Sellers |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA |
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Abstract: | The relationship between the dissociative and somatic symptoms in a clinical sample of 216 women and 35 men survivors of childhood
sexual abuse (CSA) was examined. Symptom patterns were measured by the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Somatization Scale
of the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R), and the Hypochondriasis, Hysteria, Health Concerns, and Harris–Lingoes Somatic
Complaints Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. Somatization and dissociation were related, but not
at a great enough magnitude to suggest that somatic symptoms as a generic category are an integral component of dissociation.
With the exception of one of the measures of somatization, the SCL-90-R somatization scale, no significant differences were
found between men and women CSA survivors in symptom levels. However, the relationship between somatization and dissociation
was stronger in women than in men. The findings of this study should be considered preliminary and interpreted with considerable
caution, since the scales used probably are of limited validity. |
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Keywords: | Child sexual abuse Dissociation Somatization Gender |
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