Trauma Case Study Essay

The participants were scheduled in 11 groups of ten and one group of five over a 12-day period to appear for testing at their respective universities. They were advised that the research project was related to memory. No deception was used and each participant signed an informed consent. General demographic information was then collected from each participant.
Of the 175 respondents, 28 were excluded due to reported histories of major depressive disorder and 32 others were excluded based on self-reports of more than two distinct episodes of dysphoric type symptoms. The remaining 115 respondents were eventually administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and deemed to be of appropriate mental health status for the purposes of the current study. During the testing phase of the study, refreshments were provided to the participants and breaks were allowed between measures. The participants first completed the BDI to assess mental health status and were also questioned about any current or previous mental health issues. None of the participants proved to suffer from significant mental health

The 12 female subjects who reported no trauma experience in childhood were placed into a control group. Of the 61 female subjects who reported childhood trauma, 44 reported initial onset of the trauma experience in early childhood (4-10 years of age), and 17 reported initial onset of the trauma experience in middle childhood to adolescence (11-17 years of age). Of the 44 female participants who reported the onset of trauma in early childhood, 21 rated the trauma as severe, while 23 rated the trauma as less severe. Of the 21 female participants who rated the trauma as severe, 16 additionally reported that the trauma was chronic (occurred more than twice), and six of the 23 who rated their trauma as less severe reported that the trauma was also