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. 2017 Jun 15;8(1):1338914. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2017.1338914

Table 1.

Descriptive details of trauma variables, psychiatric diagnoses, and symptoms in overall sample.

Psychiatric diagnoses and symptoms N %
Moderate-to-severe exposure to abuse 86 45.0
DSM-5 PTSD 72 38.1
ICD-11 CPTSDa 33 17.4
  Mean (SD) Range
Child abuse severity (CTQ) 43.04 (19.56) 25–108
Lifetime trauma load (TEI; excluding child abuse) 4.37 (2.74) 0–12
PTSD symptom severity (mPSS) 15.44 (12.39) 0–47
Depression symptom severity (BDI) 16.14 (12.04) 0–65
Total emotion dysregulation symptoms (DERS) 70.63 (23.10) 36–141
Non-acceptance 10.92 (5.09)  
Difficulty with goal-directed behaviour 11.37 (5.04)  
Difficulty controlling impulses 11.15 (5.24)  
Lack of emotional awareness 12.90 (4.94)  
Difficulty with emotion regulation strategies 14.66 (5.96)  
Lack of emotional clarity 9.63 (4.00)  
Total dissociative symptoms (MDI) 48.58 (18.30) 30–110
Disengagement 10.28 (4.47)  
Depersonalization 6.63 (2.86)  
Derealization 8.17 (3.68)  
Emotional constriction 9.09 (4.39)  
Memory disturbance 8.14 (3.46)  
Identity dissociation 6.27 (2.97)  

CTQ = childhood trauma questionnaire; TEI = traumatic events inventory; mPSS = modified PTSD symptom scale; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; DERS = difficulties in emotion regulation scale; MDI = multiscale dissociative index; aall individuals that met criteria for CPTSD also met criteria for DSM-5 PTSD.