Citation

Pérez Benítez CI, Yen S, Shea MT, Edelen MO, Markowitz JC, McGlashan TH, Ansell EB, Grilo CM, Skodol AE, Gunderson JG, Morey LC. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2010; 66(6): 583-598.

Affiliation

Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami, 5202 University Drive, 312 Merrick Building, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, USA. c.perezbenitez@miami.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.20686

PMID

20455250

Abstract

The study's aims are to explore ethnic differences in rates of adverse childhood experiences and lifetime traumatic events and in rates of psychiatric disorders for patients exposed to similar traumas. Rates of these events and rates of major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress, substance use, and borderline personality disorders were compared among 506 non-Hispanic Whites (N-HW), 108 Latina(o)s, and 94 African Americans (AA) participating in the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorder Study. We found that Whites reported higher rates of neglect than African Americans and Latina(o)s, higher rates of verbal/emotional abuse than African Americans, and higher rates of accidents and injuries/feared serious injury than Latina(o)s. African Americans had higher rates of seeing someone injured/killed than Whites. No significant interaction was observed between adverse events and ethnicity for mental disorders.

Language: en