Table 4.
External Validity Correlations
| SI-SDB Scale: | Total | Sub. Abu. | Dis. Eating | Sexual Imp. | Self-Harm | Suic. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Phys. Abuse1 | 28*** | .04 | .18** | .13 | .26*** | 25*** |
| Child Sex. Abuse1 | 42*** | −.13 | 42*** | .25** | 44*** | .34*** |
| Caretaker Dys. | 25*** | −.03 | 19** | .13 | .26*** | .22** |
| Neglect | .13 | −.05 | .15* | .13 | .12 | .09 |
| Child Soc. Supp. | − 28*** | .07 | −.21** | −.12 | −.34*** | −25*** |
| Adult Trauma | .07 | .08 | .03 | .00 | .07 | .02 |
| SCL-90-R Scale: | ||||||
| Depression | .39*** | −.02 | .30*** | .16* | .39*** | .36*** |
| Interpersonal Sens. | .34*** | −.08 | .30*** | .18** | .36*** | .30*** |
| Somatization | .27*** | .11 | .21** | .14* | .17* | .17* |
| Anxiety | 44*** | .02 | .29*** | .17* | 44*** | .39*** |
| Hostility | .37*** | .13 | 24*** | .08 | .18* | .17* |
| OCD | .33*** | .04 | .27*** | .12 | .29*** | .28*** |
| Phobic Anxiety | .39*** | .03 | 35*** | .12 | .36*** | 31*** |
| Paranoid Ideation | .29*** | .08 | .23*** | .15* | 19** | .22** |
| Psychoticism | .34*** | .06 | .26*** | .16* | .29*** | .27*** |
| GSI | .43*** | .05 | .33*** | .18** | .38*** | .35*** |
| Past PTSD interview | .48*** | −.12 | .35*** | .19* | 53*** | .50*** |
| Present PTSD intrvw. | 42*** | −.12 | .30*** | .15 | .49*** | .46*** |
| Self-Reported PTSD | .41*** | .02 | .21* | .14 | 42*** | .43*** |
| Dissociation | .40*** | .01 | 31*** | .16* | .40*** | .33*** |
1
= Given the skewness and kurtosis of responses to these items, common logarithm transformations were conducted to create normal distributions for both the physical and sexual abuse scores.
*
indicates significant at p ≤ .05
**
= p ≤ .01
***
= p ≤ .001, two-tailed.
“Past PTSD interview” and “Present PTSD intrvw.” are both rated from the SI-PTSD; “Self-Reported PTSD” is the SPTSS. For correlations with SPTSS, n = 136 patients. “Dissociation” is measured with the DES. Correlations in bold are the highest for each SI-SDB scale.