Citation

Reyes-Pérez CD, Martínez-Taboas A, Ledesma-Amador D. J. Trauma Dissociation 2005; 6(1): 99-112.

Affiliation

Carlos Albizu University, San Juan 00908-0822, Puerto Rico. cdrp_phd@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16150687

Abstract

This study examined the use of a Spanish version of the Child Dissociative Checklist (CDC) in Puerto Rico. The CDC was administered to the primary caretakers of three groups of children: 31 with documented abuse histories, 30 with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), 33 with no abuse or psychiatric record. Results confirmed the reliability and validity of the CDC and revealed that Puerto Rican children with abuse histories showed significantly higher levels of dissociation than the children in the other two groups. Moreover, more than half of the abused children had a score above the usual cut-off point of 12 in the CDC, while only a handful of the ADHD children and none in the control group evidenced such a pattern. The results also showed that there were significant correlations between the CDC and the duration of the abusive experiences. Implications of our findings and subsequent clinical recommendations are offered.

Language: en