Table 2.
Childhood trauma experience comparison by group (N = 224)
| early-onset attempters1 N = 28 M (SD) or n (%) |
late-onset attempters1 N = 56 M (SD) or n (%) |
ideators N = 44 M (SD) or n (%) |
depressed comparison group N = 58 M (SD) or n (%) |
healthy comparison group N = 38 M (SD) or n (%) |
p-value | post-hoc comparison | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional Abuse | 14.29 (5.26) | 10.21 (5.66) | 10.98 (5.84) | 9.91 (4.41) | 6.13 (2.20) | <0.001 | EO > LO&IDE&DC > HC |
| Physical Abuse | 9.75 (3.85) | 8.27 (3.82) | 6.98 (2.82) | 7.16 (2.61) | 5.71 (1.33) | <0. 001 | EO > IDE&DC&HC; LO > HC |
| Sexual Abuse | 8.82 (6.68) | 8.27 (5.69) | 7.39 (5.54) | 6.28 (3.07) | 5.58 (2.45) | 0.016 | No pairwise differences |
| For Male | 6.83 (3.60) | 6.39 (3.83) | 6.67 (4.94) | 5.68 (1.46) | 5.00 (0.00) | 0.517 | |
| For Female | 9.36 (7.27) | 10.14 (6.64) | 8.04 (6.07) | 6.73 (3.83) | 6.00 (3.18) | 0.044 | No pairwise differences |
| Emotional Neglect | 15.79 (5.50) | 11.62 (5.49) | 11.48 (5.98) | 11.26 (4.87) | 7.79 (3.24) | <0.001 | EO > LO&IDE&DC > HC |
| Physical Neglect | 9.57 (3.55) | 7.62 (3.09) | 7.55 (3.09) | 7.41 (2.69) | 5.82 (1.86) | <0.001 | EO > LO&IDE&DC&HC; LO > HC |
| CTQ-SF Total 2 | 49.68 (14.47) | 38.02 (15.97) | 37.14 (16.09) | 35.91 (11.46) | 25.50 (6.64) | <0.001 | EO > LO&IDE&DC > HC |
| At Least One form of Trauma | 24 (85.71%) | 31 (55.36%) | 18 (40.91%) | 32 (55.17%) | 8 (21.05%) | <0.001 | EO > LO&IDE&DC&HC; LO&DC > HC |
| Multiple forms of Trauma | 19 (67.86%) | 21 (37.50%) | 13 (29.55%) | 18 (31.03%) | 1 (2.63%) | <0.001 | EO > LO&IDE&DC > HC |
1
Attempters were separated into early and late-onset based on age of first attempt using a statistical algorithm that identified a cutoff age of 30 years old.
2
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form (CTQ-SF).