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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2012 Aug 28;29(12):1050–1057. doi: 10.1002/da.21990

Table 3.

Least square means (95% confidence interval) for self esteem (n=424) and childhood abuse (n=335) measures for the Pittsburgh site, by psychiatric history profile and adjusted for age

Lifetime Psychiatric History
Neither Anxiety Alone MDD Alone Comorbid
Self Esteem (n=219) (n=52) (n=102) (n=51)
 Rosenberg self esteem scale 26.1 (25.4, 26.8) 24.7 (23.2,26.1) 24.5 (23.5, 25.5) 21.9 (20.5, 23.3) a,b,c

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) * (n=176) (n=41) (n=84) (n=34)
 Emotional Abuse (total score) 6.7 (6.1,7.2) 7.5 (6.3,8.6) 8.6 (7.8, 9.4) 11.6 (10.3,12.8)a,b,c
    Met clinical cut-off for emotional abuse 11% 20% 30% 50%
 Emotional Neglect (total score) 7.5 (6.9, 8.0) 7.5 (6.3, 8.7) 8.8 (8.0, 9.6) 11.1 (9.8, 12.4)a,b,c
    Met clinical cut-off emotional neglect 4% 3% 10% 26%
 Physical Abuse (total score) 6.0 (5.6, 6.4) 6.8 (6.0, 7.7) 6.9 (6.3, 7.5) 8.4 (7.5, 9.3)a,c
    Met clinical cut-off for physical abuse 9% 22% 20% 41%
 Physical Neglect (total score) 5.8 (5.4,6.1) 6.1 (5.4,6.7) 6.4 (6.0, 6.9) 6.8 (6.1,7.5)
    Met clinical cut-off for physical neglect 13% 12% 18% 24%
 Sexual Abuse (total score) 5.6 (5.1,6.1) 5.9 (4.9, 7.0) 7.0 (6.2, 7.7) 8.7 (7.6, 9.8)a,b
    Met clinical cut-off for sexual abuse 8% 10% 25% 29%
a

p < 0.01 for the full general linear model comparing all four profiles

b

p < 0.05 in Tukey-Kramer multiple comparisons tests between those in comorbid history group with those in anxiety alone group

c

p < 0.05 in Tukey-Kramer multiple comparisons tests between those in comorbid history group with those in the MDD alone group

*

NOTE: Logistic regression analyses utilizing clinical cut scores for CTQ subscales (≥10 for emotional abuse; ≥8 for physical abuse, physical neglect and sexual abuse; and ≥15 for emotional neglect) provided an identical pattern of group differences (p's<0.05 for all significant group comparisons indicated above).