The wounds of childhood: Early trauma subtypes, salience and hyperarousal in a sample of adult psychiatric patients

Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello, Amelia Rizzo, Laura Celebre, Carmela Mento, Gianluca Pandolfo, Clemente Cedro, Fortunato Battaglia, Rocco Antonio Zoccali and Antonio Bruno

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2020, vol. 66, issue 1, 3-9

Abstract: Background: The relationship between early trauma, hyperarousal and aberrant salience has been investigated exclusively in specific clinical samples, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychotic patients, and the results suggest that both dimensions are trauma-induced events, which may lead to the later onset, or increase the vulnerability to psychiatric disorders. The aim of the present research was to evaluate the possible relationships among early childhood trauma subtypes and the dimensions of hyperarousal and aberrant salience in an adult sample of psychiatric patients. Materials and Methods: One-hundred psychiatric adult outpatients were assessed by Early Trauma Inventory Self Report-Short Form (ETISR-SF), Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI) and Hyperarousal Scale (H-Scale). A linear regression analysis was performed in order to investigate which early traumatic events were a predictor of the aberrant salience and the hyperarousal. Results: Regression analysis indicated that only ETISR-SF ‘Emotional abuse’ was the unique predictor of ASI ‘Total score’ ( p  

Keywords: Aberrant salience; childhood trauma; hyperarousal; psychiatric disorders; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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