Dissociation as a causal pathway from sexual abuse to positive symptoms in the spectrum of psychotic disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Correlations of study variables among patients with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (N = 140)

Variables	SA	EA	PA	EN	PN	D1	D2	D3	PANSS1	PANSS2	PANSS3	Gender
SA	–
EA	0.01	–
PA	0.12	0.09	–
EN	0.01	0.21^*	0.08	–
PN	−0.07	−0.01	−0.11	0.02	–
D1	0.62^***	0.00	0.16	−0.02	−0.01	–
D2	0.67^***	−0.08	0.07	−0.03	− 0.05	0.57^***	–
D3	0.64^***	0.02	0.10	−0.07	−0.00	0.72^***	0.68^***	–
PANSS1	0.42^***	0.11	0.31^***	0.08	−0.05	−0.48^***	−0.28^**	0.45^***	–
PANSS2	0.29^***	0.02	0.27^**	−0.07	0.00	0.26^**	0.27^**	−0.33^***	0.04	–
PANSS3	0.42^***	0.15	0.29^***	0.00	0.04	−0.42^***	−0.37^***	0.53^***	0.49^***	0.24^**	–
Gender	−0.13	0.01	0.04	−0.06	0.06	−0.08	−0.09	− 0.16	−0.13	− 0.12	−0.04	–

Note: D1 Amnesia, D2 Depersonalization/Derealization, D3 Absorption, EA Emotional Abuse, EN Emotional Neglect, PA Physical Abuse, PANSS1 Positive Symptoms, PANSS2 Negative Symptoms, PANSS3 General Psychopathology Symptoms, PN Physical Neglect, SA Sexual Abuse
^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001

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