Table 2:
Demographics and Covariates According to Rates of Childhood Emotional Abuse
| Controls |
History of Major Depression Disorder |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No Emotional Abuse (n = 22) |
No Emotional Abuse (n = 19) |
Emotional Abuse (n = 11) |
F(2, 52) | |||
| Age: mean, SD b | 47.2 | 4.5 | 44.4 | 7.1 | 40.2 | 6.7 | 5.03** |
| Race: White n, % | 17 | 77% | 15 | 80% | 10 | 91% | 0.73 |
| Education ≥ Associates: n, % | 15 | 68% | 12 | 63% | 7 | 64% | 1.74 |
| Married: n, % | 15 | 68% | 10 | 53% | 4 | 36% | 3.20 |
| Income < $30,000: n, % abc | 1 | 5% | 6 | 32% | 6 | 55% | 12.72*** |
| BMI: mean, SD | 28.1 | 6.0 | 29.3 | 5.8 | 32.3 | 7.5 | 1.63 |
| Smoke: n, % | 3 | 14% | 2 | 11% | 4 | 36% | 1.92 |
| Antidepressants: n, % ab | 0 | 0% | 6 | 32% | 3 | 27% | 5.89* |
| Lifetime PTSD: n, % | 0 | 0% | 5 | 26% | 0 | 0% | 0.41 |
| PROMIS anxiety: mean, SD ab | 10.5 | 3.4 | 17.2 | 5.8 | 17.0 | 6.4 | 10.66*** |
| QIDS, n (%) current MDD ab | 0 | 0% | 6 | 32% | 3 | 27% | 8.44*** |
Note: Emotional Abuse= reported history of childhood emotional abuse; Race: all other participants were African American, no-one reported Hispanic ethnicity. Education: achieved an Associates Degree or higher; BMI = Body Mass Index; PTSD = lifetime history of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; PROMTS: current anxiety symptom levels; QIDS ≥ 9 as clinical threshold for current major depressive disorder (MDD).
a
Significant group differences between controls and women with MDD history no emotional abuse
b
Significant group differences between controls and women with MDD and emotional abuse history
c
Significant group differences between the two MDD groups
*
p < 0.05,
**
p ≤ .01,
***
p ≤ .001