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Schizophrenia Bulletin 2003 29(1):143-152;
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Psychological Trauma and Schizotypal Symptoms

Howard Berenbaum, Ph.D., Eve M. Valera, Ph.D. and John G. Kerns, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
graduate student, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, at the time this study was conducted and is now Research Fellow in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Cambridge, MA
graduate student, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, at the time this study was conducted and is now Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical School Pittsburgh, PA

Send reprint requests to Dr. H. Berenbaum, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820; e-mail: hberenba{at}uiuc.edu

In a sample of 75 women recruited from the community, we measured trauma/maltreatment history and symptoms of schizotypal personality disorder, using both questionnaire and interview measures. As hypothesized, individuals with histories of trauma/maltreatment had elevated levels of schizotypal symptoms. Among types of trauma/maltreatment, reported childhood neglect was especially strongly associated with schizotypal symptoms. Although posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity, depression, dissociation, and difficulty identifying one's emotions were all associated with schizotypal symptoms, they could not account completely for the association between trauma/maltreatment and schizotypal symptoms.

Keywords: Schizophrenia spectrum / schizotypal personality disorder / trauma / childhood maltreatment / stress / peculiarity


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