Table 3 Childhood adversity and health behavior, psychological distress, mood symptoms and personality (path A)
Total adversity exposure | Interpersonal victimization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No adversity (n = 69) | 1 type of adverse event (n = 29) | ≥ 2 types of adverse events (n = 17) | p value | No interpersonal victimization (n = 93) | Interpersonal victimization (n = 22) | p value | |
Health behavior | |||||||
Sleep quality | 4.8 (2.9) | 5.6 (3.6) | 7.2 (3.5) | 0.026 | 5.0 (3.2) | 6.8 (3.3) | 0.027 |
Current smoker | 7 (11.3%) | 5 (18.5%) | 4 (23.5%) | 0.658 | 9 (10.7%) | 7 (31.8%) | 0.048 |
External eating score | 21.8 (10.3) | 26.4 (8.7) | 26.3 (3.5) | 0.038 | 22.6 (10.0) | 28.2 (4.3) | 0.011 |
Restrained eating score | 23.4 (10.8) | 24.6 (8.6) | 28.1 (7.3) | 0.208 | 24.0 (10.4) | 26.0 (7.6) | 0.391 |
Emotional eating score | 26.0 (14.3) | 31.0 (12.3) | 30.0 (10.0) | 0.183 | 26.8 (13.8) | 32.1 (10.0) | 0.096 |
Psychological distress and mood | |||||||
Depression symptoms | 7.5 (3.5) | 7.0 (2.3) | 7.8 (2.8) | 0.731 | 7.3 (3.2) | 7.9 (2.7) | 0.381 |
Anxiety symptoms | 7.6 (3.1) | 8.5 (3.8) | 8.9 (2.9) | 0.285 | 7.9 (3.2) | 8.8 (3.5) | 0.266 |
Perceived stress | 14.0 (5.7) | 12.3 (4.5) | 17.1 (6.8) | 0.022 | 13.7 (5.5) | 15.5 (6.6) | 0.166 |
PTSD symptoms | 0.6 (1.1) | 0.5 (1.1) | 1.9 (1.5) | < 0.0001 | 0.7 (1.1) | 1.2 (1.5) | 0.063 |
Personality | |||||||
Type D personality | 14 (20.3%) | 7 (24.1%) | 8 (47.1%) | 0.074 | 20 (21.5%) | 9 (40.9%) | 0.059 |
Social inhibition | 25 (36.2%) | 13 (44.8%) | 8 (47.1%) | 0.594 | 36 (38.7%) | 10 (45.5%) | 0.561 |
Negative affectivity | 31 (44.9%) | 15 (51.7%) | 12 (70.6%) | 0.164 | 42 (45.2%) | 16 (72.7%) | 0.020 |
Openness | 32.4 (5.6) | 33.4 (4.0) | 34.4 (3.7) | 0.319 | 32.9 (5.3) | 33.5 (3.4) | 0.636 |
Conscientiousness | 28.8 (4.1) | 27.7 (4.1) | 27.6 (3.8) | 0.394 | 28.7 (3.9) | 26.6 (4.3) | 0.030 |
Extraversion | 25.1 (5.4) | 24.9 (4.2) | 24.9 (4.1) | 0.989 | 24.9 (5.1) | 25.3 (4.0) | 0.722 |
Agreeableness | 30.1 (3.1) | 28.2 (4.2) | 30.4 (3.9) | 0.034 | 30.0 (3.4) | 29.1 (4.7) | 0.318 |
Neuroticism | 22.3 (5.9) | 24.7 (3.7) | 24.5 (4.7) | 0.091 | 22.8 (5.4) | 25.1 (4.5) | 0.069 |