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. 2022 Mar 30;15(4):1199–1213. doi: 10.1007/s40653-022-00443-8

Table 2.

Intercorrelations (Pearson R) between the CTQ and its subscales in Wave 3 (above diagonal; n = 1302) and Wave 5 (below diagonal; n = 934) as well as same scales between the two waves (diagonal; n = 733); the latter also separately for groups with and without M/D>0

CTQ total EN PN EA PA SA M/D IU
CTQ total 0.48*** 0.81*** 0.75*** 0.83*** 0.69*** 0.56*** - 0.38*** - 0.52***
EN 0.81*** 0.47*** 0.58*** 0.57*** 0.32*** 0.17*** - 0.49*** - 0.63***
PN 0.69*** 0.48*** 0.27*** 0.47*** 0.40*** 0.28*** - 0.24*** - 0.37***
EA 0.80*** 0.54** 0.34*** 0.49*** 0.50*** 0.42*** - 0.32*** - 0.44***
PA 0.60*** 0.24*** 0.31*** 0.47*** 0.24*** 0.58*** - 0.09** - 0.17***
SA 0.50*** 0.15*** 0.26*** 0.32*** 0.53*** 0.32*** - 0.04 - 0.07**
M/D - 0.41*** - 0.49*** - 0.22*** - 0.32*** - 0.10** - 0.04 0.60*** 0.78***
IU - 0.60*** - 0.66*** - 0.37*** - 0.47*** - 0.19*** - 0.10** 0.77*** 0.59***
Diagonal correlations when cases with no extreme values on the M/D scale are included.
M/D=0 (n=276) 0.52*** 0.47*** 0.38*** 0.53*** 0.19*** 0.51***
Diagonal correlations when cases with some extreme values on the M/D scale are included.
M/D>0 (n=457) 0.26*** 0.15*** 0.13*** 0.30*** 0.29*** 0.18***

* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001

CTQ=Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, EN=Emotional Neglect, PN=Physical Neglect, EA=Emotional Abuse, PA=Physical Abuse, SA=Sexual Abuse, M/D=Minimizing/Denial, IU=Idealizing Upbringing