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. 2024 Feb 22;10(1):24. doi: 10.1038/s41537-024-00433-9

Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients between childhood trauma and psychopathology in patients with schizophrenia.

PANSS
Total score Positive symptoms Negative symptoms General psychopathology
r r2 pa r r2 pa r r2 pa r r2 pa
CTQ-SF score
Total score 0.699 0.489 < 0.001 0.253 0.064 0.069 0.603 0.364 < 0.001 0.639 0.408 < 0.001
Physical abuse 0.654 0.428 < 0.001 0.263 0.069 0.054 0.562 0.316 < 0.001 0.581 0.338 < 0.001
Emotional abuse 0.667 0.445 < 0.001 0.230 0.053 0.192 0.559 0.312 < 0.001 0.630 0.397 < 0.001
Sexual abuse 0.302 0.091 0.006 0.015 0.000 1.000 0.357 0.127 < 0.001 0.261 0.068 0.044
Physical neglect 0.588 0.346 < 0.001 0.212 0.045 0.399 0.518 0.268 < 0.001 0.540 0.292 < 0.001
Emotional neglect 0.705 0.497 < 0.001 0.282 0.080 0.057 0.582 0.339 < 0.001 0.643 0.413 < 0.001
Number of childhood trauma types 0.738 0.544 < 0.001 0.843 0.710 < 0.001 0.951 0.904 < 0.001 0.845 0.714 < 0.001
Sex −0.066 0.004 1.000 −0.063 0.004 1.000 −0.005 0.000 1.000 −0.093 0.009 0.976
Age −0.085 0.007 1.000 0.029 0.000 1.000 −0.097 0.009 0.888 −0.104 0.011 0.768
Education years −0.136 0.018 0.348 −0.032 0.001 1.000 −0.107 0.011 0.708 −0.133 0.018 0.376
Age of schizophrenia onset −0.160 0.026 0.172 0.009 0.000 1.000 −0.203 0.041 0.040 −0.162 0.026 0.164
Duration of illness 0.049 0.002 1.000 0.018 0.000 1.000 0.072 0.005 1.000 0.034 0.001 1.000
Antipsychotic dose 0.080 0.006 1.000 0.100 0.010 0.836 0.006 0.000 1.000 0.049 0.002 1.000
MMSE score −0.121 0.015 0.512 0.112 0.013 0.636 −0.223 0.050 0.020 −0.147 0.022 0.256
Plasma oxytocin levels −0.688 0.473 < 0.001 −0.161 0.026 0.168 −0.646 0.417 < 0 .001 −0.647 0.419 < 0.001

MMSE Mini-Mental Status Examination, CTQ-SF Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—Short Form, PANSS Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.

aBonferroni-corrected p value.