Table 3.

Games Howell Post Hoc Comparisons of Mean (Standard Error) Symptom Scores by Abuse Category

	No Abuse n = 24	Sexual Abuse Only n = 14	Multiple Abuse n = 9
BPD	11.32 (1.16)a	14.09 (1.52)b	21.03 (1.89)a, b
Depression	26.41 (2.31)c	27.00 (3.02)d	41.20 (3.77)c, d
General Anxious Distress	26.87 (1.76)	26.61 (2.30)	34.00 (3.25)
Anxious Arousal	33.80 (2.43)e	31.16 (3.19)f	51.30 (3.97)e, f

Note. Superscripts denote significantly differences between group means:

^ap < .01

^bp < .05

^cp < .01

^dp < .01

^ep < .05

^fp < .01

BPD = borderline personality disorder; Multiple Abuse = includes sexual and physical abuse.