Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the child abuse (CA) and the unaffected comparisons (UC).

	Child abuse group (CA) N = 35	Unaffected comparisons (UC) N = 31	p	Cohen’s d
Age (years), mean (SD)	36.16 (12.19)	36.42 (11.46)	.929	0.02
Highest education level (n)
High school	10	6	.397
Bachelor	16	13	.174
Master/PhD/Postdoc	4	7	.455
Psychiatric medication (n)	7	2	.109
Depression (BDI) score (SD)	15.68 (10.61)	5.35 (5.30)	<.001**	1.21
State anxiety (STAI) score (SD)	39.17 (8.22)	30.45 (7.22)	<.001**	1.12
Trait anxiety (STAI) score (SD)	47.81 (8.81)	35.19 (9.24)	<.001**	1.40
Resilience (RS) score (SD)	126.86 (17.10)	138.61 (13.25)	.003*	0.76
Dissociative experience (DES) score (SD)	20.50 (12.99)	10.12 (7.73)	.001*	0.96
Self-reported empathy (IRI) score (SD)	72.80 (12.43)	64.48 (9.29)	.003*	0.75
IRI – perspective taking (SD)	18.89 (4.81)	18.03 (3.99)	.439	0.19
IRI – fantasy (SD)	17.89 (5.51)	16.13 (5.64)	.206	0.32
IRI – empathic concern (SD)	21.14 (4.39)	20.10 (4.22)	.329	0.24
IRI – personal distress (SD)	14.86 (4.17)	10.23 (4.46)	<.001**	1.08
Current psychopathology (at least one)	27	6	<.001**	–
Mood disorders (n)	14	2	.002*	–
Anxiety disorders (n)	19	2	<.001**	–
PTSD (n)	7	0	.008*	–
Alcohol dependence and abuse (n)	0	2	.127	–
Substance dependence and abuse (n)	0	2	.127	–
Psychotic disorders (n)	1	0	.351	–
Eating disorders (n)	2	1	.528	–
Personality disorders (n)	13	0	<.001**	–
Borderline personality disorder	12	0
Antisocial personality disorder	1	0
Suicidality	10	0	.001*	–
Type of abuse
Sexual abuse (n)	29	0		–
Rape (n)	18	0		–
Sexual assault (n)	21	0		–
Physical abuse (n)	26	0		–
Emotional abuse (n)	21	0		–

* p < .01 ** p < .001.