Research on subgroups of female college students who share similar experiences of childhood maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is sparse. The primary aims of the current study are: (a) to identify subgroups of victims related to experience of psychological, physical, and sexual CM and IPV and (b) to test the association between subgroups and depressive and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. Survey data was collected from 327 female students at a public university in the Northeast. Three distinct subgroups, that is, victimization classes, were found using Latent Class Analysis: A lifetime victimization class, comprised of females reporting high rates of CM and IPV across types (19.0% of the sample), a childhood victimization class (26.9%); and a low victimization class (54.1%). Depressive symptom severity was positively associated with lifetime and childhood, relative to low, victimization class membership. PTSD symptom severity was associated with the childhood victimization class relative to both lifetime and low victimization class. Subgroups of institutions of higher education (IHE) females who share CM and IPV victimization experiences are discernable. The co-occurrence of IPV and CM in female college students is not uncommon. PTSD symptom severity may be more related to CM than IPV in IHE female students.

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女大学生 PTSD 与抑郁症状和受害之间的关联：潜在类别分析


对具有类似童年虐待 (CM) 和亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 受害经历的女大学生亚群体的研究很少。当前研究的主要目的是：(a) 确定与心理、身体和性 CM 和 IPV 经历相关的受害者亚组，以及 (b) 测试亚组与抑郁症和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 之间的关联) 症状严重程度。调查数据收集自东北部一所公立大学的 327 名女学生。使用潜在类别分析发现了三个不同的亚组，即受害类别：终生受害类别，由报告不同类型的 CM 和 IPV 比率较高的女性组成（占样本的 19.0%），儿童受害类别（26.9%） ;受害等级较低（54.1%）。相对于较低的受害阶层成员而言，抑郁症状的严重程度与一生和童年呈正相关。 PTSD 症状严重程度与儿童受害等级（相对于终生受害等级和低受害等级）相关。具有 CM 和 IPV 受害经历的高等教育机构 (IHE) 女性亚群体是显而易见的。 IPV和CM同时发生在女大学生中并不少见。在 IHE 女学生中，PTSD 症状的严重程度可能与 CM 相关，而不是与 IPV 相关。