Mental Health and Alexithymia of Technical School Student Abused in Childhood.
- VernacularTitle:儿童期受虐待中专学生的心身症状与述情障碍
- Author:
Xianghua ZHU
;
Jiao LI
;
Guangli LIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
childhood abuse;
cross-sectional study;
psychosomatic symptoms;
alexithymia;
students
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(10):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To study the effect of childhood abuse on students mental health and alexithymia, and to analyze the relationship between psychosomatic symptoms and alexithymia. Methods: 90 abused Technical Secondary School Students and 90 no-abused Technical Secondary School Students from Xuzhou were investigated by applying Symptom Checklist 90 ( SCL - 90 ) , Toronto alexithymia Scale ( TAS) . Results: Compared with no-abused students, the students who had been abused in childhood showed significantly higher psychiatric symptoms of somatization (1. 8?0. 6) , interpersonal relationship (2.0?0.7) , depression (1.9?0.6) , anxiety (1. 8?0. 5 ) , hostility (1. 8?0. 6) , paranoia (1. 9?0. 6) , psychoticism (1. 8?0. 6) , obsessive (2. 0?0. 6) , phobia (1. 7?0. 6) than control (1.4?0.5, 1.7?0.6, 1.6?0.6, 1.6?0.5, 1.5?0.5, 1.6?0.5, 1.6?0.5, 1.8?0.6, 1.5?0.5, P
