Citation

Gold SN, Hill EL, Swingle JM, Elfant AS. J. Fam. Violence 1999; 14(2): 157-171.

Affiliation

Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33314; Nova Southeastern University, USA

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1022076719138

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between 10 characteristics of childhood sexual abuse and dissociation in adulthood. A structured clinical interview, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, and the Dissociation Subscale of the Symptom Checklist 90 - Revised were administered to 118 women survivors seeking psychotherapy. Separate stepwise multiple regression analyses were conducted for each dissociation scale to determine which abuse characteristics were predictive of dissociation. In both analyses, the same four variables were significantly related to dissociation: age at onset, coercive sexual acts, objectifying sexual acts, and concurrent multiple perpetrators. Implications of findings for future research and clinical practice are explored.
Child sexual abuse - dissociation - women - therapy.