Stress load during childhood affects psychopathology in psychiatric patients

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Stress Scores for the Diagnostic Subgroups and Periods of Life

Diagnostic Subgroup	ELS Events Stress load	PPS Events Stress load	AS Events Stress load	PDS Events	PSQ Events
Major Depressive Dis. (N = 39)	7.3 ± 5.6	12.1 ± 6.7	5.4 ± 3.9	2.44 ± 1.8	4.13 ± 3.7
	51.5 ± 61.1	194.1 ± 175.6	161.3 ± 188.9
Schizophrenia (N = 32)	3.5 ± 4.1	7.6 ± 5.6	3.9 ± 2.8	1.06 ± 1.5	2.84 ± 2.5
	29.9 ± 57.6	100.0 ± 136.0	91.0 ± 115.0
Drug Abuse (N = 15)	3.2 ± 3.8	10.0 ± 6.1	5.9 ± 4.1	2.8 ± 1.9	2.8 ± 2.7
	23.1 ± 36.4	140.1 ± 108.2	155.7 ± 153.1
Personality Disorder (N = 10)	12.1 ± 7.6	20.2 ± 7.3	5.7 ± 3.5	3.8 ± 0.9	6.5 ± 4.2
	122.8 ± 121.0	366.4 ± 230.5	149.9 ± 113.7
Subgroup differences:	9.32***	10.13***	1.58, n.s.	8.81***	3.84**
F(3,91) =	5.91**	7.43***	1.35, n.s.

Note: See note in Table 2: Data represent the cumulated number of experienced events (top rows) and the stress load calculated accordingly to the ETI guidelines (bottom row). ELS: Early life stress before the age of 6 years. PPS: Prepubertal stress before the individual onset of puberty. AS: Adulthood stress between puberty and the current age. PDS: number of traumatic experiences across life. PSQ: Prenatal Stress Questionnaire; see note in Table 2. Results are presented in the format M ± SD. Statistical significance: *: p < .05, **: p < .01, ***: p < .001.

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