Characterization of different types of anxiety disorders in relation to structural integration of personality and adverse and protective childhood experiences in psychotherapy outpatients – a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Differences in Childhood Experiences between Anxiety Disorders

	GAD		Panic		Phobia		NoAD		p
	M	SE	M	SE	M	SE	M	SE	p
Protective CE	2.57	0.09	2.38	0.06	2.37	0.06	2.61	0.03	< 0.01
Adverse CE	0.85	0.06	0.91	0.04	0.92	0.04	0.75	0.02	< 0.01
Emot. NaA	1.12	0.12	1.17	0.08	1.27	0.08	0.92	0.04	< 0.01
Phys. NaA	0.70	0.10	0.85	0.07	0.77	0.07	0.76	0.03	0.549
Sexual Abuse	0.48	0.10	0.40	0.06	0.31	0.05	0.28	0.03	0.027
Traumatic Exp.	0.46	0.08	0.29	0.04	0.29	0.04	0.29	0.02	0.075
Separation Exp.	0.61	0.08	0.75	0.06	0.68	0.06	0.61	0.03	0.150
Dysf. Family	1.04	0.11	1.08	0.07	1.10	0.07	0.91	0.04	0.034
Dysf. Peer-G.	0.73	0.09	0.74	0.06	0.73	0.06	0.61	0.03	0.083

Note. GAD = generalized anxiety disorder. Panic = panic disorder. NoAD = no anxiety disorders. CE = childhood experience, Emot. NaA = emotional neglect and abuse, Phys. NaA = physical neglect and abuse, Exp. = experience, Dysf. Family = dysfunctional family situation, Dysf. Peer-G. = dysfunctional peer-group situation. Significant p-values are highlighted

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