@article{ref1,
title="Dissociation and Posttraumatic Symptoms in Maltreated Preschool Children",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent trauma",
year="2008",
author="Hulette, Annmarie C. and Freyd, Jennifer J. and Pears, Katherine C. and Kim, Hyoun K. and Fisher, Philip A. and Becker-Blease, Kathryn A.",
volume="1",
number="2",
pages="93-93",
abstract="This study examines dissociation and posttraumatic symptomatology in a sample of maltreated preschool-age children in foster care. Analyses compared Child Behavior Checklist subscale scores for the foster care sample and a community sample, and also examined differences between maltreatment subtypes. Exposure to any type of maltreatment was associated with greater dissociation and posttraumatic symptomatology in this sample. Preschool-age children with documented sexual abuse displayed high levels of posttraumatic symptoms, whereas children with documented physical abuse tended to use dissociation as a primary coping mechanism. The finding that physically abused children had high levels of dissociation confirms previous research with preschoolers.Keywords: dissociation; PTSD; maltreatment; child abuse; preschoolers<p />",
language="",
issn="1936-1521",
doi="10.1080/19361520802083980",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361520802083980"
}