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Table 8 Current diagnoses and mental health disorders specified by victims

From: Child sexual abuse in religiously affiliated and secular institutions: a retrospective descriptive analysis of data provided by victims in a government-sponsored reappraisal program in Germany

 

Roman Catholic context

Protestant context

Non-religiously affilated context

p-valueb

 

(N = 404a)

(N = 130a)

(N = 516a)

 

Specified diagnoses

Yes

324 (80.2%)

102 (78.5%)

380 (73.6%)

.058

No

80 (19.8%)

28 (21.5%)

136 (26.4%)

Number of diagnoses

One

64 (15.8%)

20 (15.4%)

88 (17.1%)

.182

Two

21 (5.2%)

7 (5.4%)

35 (6.8%)

Three

5 (1.2%)

3 (2.3%)

12 (2.3%)

Most frequently specified diagnoses

First

Depression

Depression

Depression

 

49 (45.0%)

21 (48.8%)

69 (34.3%)

.058

Second

PTSD

Anxiety/obsessive-compulsive disorder

PTSD

 

19 (17.4%)

8 (18.6%)

45 (22.4%)

 

Third

Anxiety/ disorder

PTSD

Anxiety/ disorder

 

16 (14.7%)

7 (16.3%)

39 (19.4%)

Most frequently specified psychosocial problems

First

Health issues

Health issues

Health issues

 

92 (21.6%)

40 (22.6%)

104 (20.8%)

 

Second

Relationship and partnership issues

Relationship and partnership issues

Relationship and partnership issues

 

80 (18.8%)

35 (19.8%)

97 (19.4%)

 

Third

Flashbacks/intrusion/nightmare

Performance issues

Flashbacks/intrusion/nightmare

 
 

69 (16.2%)

31 (17.5%)

87 (17.4%)

 
  1. ªTotal of whole context group; see detailed number of victims that referred to single topics in the table.
  2. bKruskall-Wallis-Test with statistically significant level p < .05.