CHILDHOOD ABUSIVE EXPERIENCES AND POSTTRAUMA SYMPTOMS IN REGISTERED NURSES.
Contributors: Pepperdine University.
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Psychology, Clinical.; Psychology, Social.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: In the present study, posttrauma symptom severity, rates of exposure to sexual abuse, and rates of exposure to physical discipline were examined in a random sample of 240 registered nurses. Participants completed the Los Angeles Symptom Checklist (LASC), the Sexual Abuse Exposure Questionnaire (SAEQ), and the Assessing Environments III (AEIII). Subscales of the LASC and AEIII measured rates of PTSD and exposure to physical discipline, respectively. In this sample of registered nurses, more than half reported at least one exposure to sexual abuse. Approximately one-third were exposed to severe physical discipline during childhood, and 8% met diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Statistical analysis showed that both severe physical discipline and severity of sexual abuse were independently correlated with PTSD severity. Multiple regression analysis was performed, and exposure to physical discipline and sexual abuse were found to predict 19% of the variance in PTSD severity levels.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-07, Section: B, page: 4693.

Thesis (PSY.D.)--PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, 1996.

School code: 6009.