TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Dissociation and Posttraumatic Symptoms in Maltreated Preschool Children
JO  - Journal of child and adolescent trauma
A1  - Hulette, Annmarie C.
A1  - Freyd, Jennifer J.
A1  - Pears, Katherine C.
A1  - Kim, Hyoun K.
A1  - Fisher, Philip A.
A1  - Becker-Blease, Kathryn A.
SP  - 93
EP  - 93
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1936-1521
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361520802083980
ID  - ref1
ER  -