Table 3.

Inter-correlations between childhood maltreatment (overall and subscales as determined by the CTQ), PTSD and depression symptoms, emotional dysregulation and negative affect. Asterisks (*) denote significant correlation between factors.

	CTQ-total	CTQ-sexual abuse	CTQ-physical abuse	CTQ-emotional abuse	CTQ-emotional neglect	CTQ-physical neglect	PSS-PTSD symptoms	BDI-depression symptoms	EDS-emotional dysregulation	PANAS- negative affect
CTQ-total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
CTQ-sexual abuse	r = 0.74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	P < 0.001*
CTQ-physical abuse	r = 0.80	r = 0.46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*
CTQ-emotional abuse	r = 0.90	r = 0.55	r = 0.70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*
CTQ-emotional neglect	r = 0.84	r = 0.42	r = 0.58	r = 0.74	–	–	–	–	–	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*
CTQ-physical neglect	r = 0.75	r = 0.41	r = 0.52	r = 0.61	r = 0.65	–	–	–	–	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*
PSS-PTSD symptoms	r = 0.45	r = 0.36	r = 0.33	r = 0.44	r = 0.38	r = 0.28	–	–	–	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*
BDI-depression symptoms	r = 0.44	r = 0.30	r = 0.29	r = 0.43	r = 0.41	r = 0.35	r = 0.68	–	–	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*
EDS-emotional dysregulation	r = 0.38	r = 0.27	r = 0.23	r = 0.38	r = 0.35	r = 0.27	r = 0.51	r = 0.63	–	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*
PANAS-negative affect	r = 0.31	r = 0.22	r = 0.18	r = 0.32	r = 0.27	r = 0.23	r = 0.50	r = 0.62	r = 0.61	–
	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*	P < 0.001*