I've only read things about the study, not done a deep dive. Your points are very valid. The links are there if you want to learn more.
The one thing that stuck out for me the most was that of those who had experienced intimacy at very early ages, most reported positive or pleasurable feelings when reflecting back. But the brain has a really wacky way of making sense of trauma, and those self-reports shouldn't be validated. I remember that being the biggest criticism of the study, but it goes into a lot more.
Ok but which country/regions were the 5,300 males and 6,000 females residing in?
This may also have had an effect on the validity in generalizing the results to a population of 7+ billion people.
Did the authors also talk about possible errors/flaws in their methods?
I've only read things about the study, not done a deep dive. Your points are very valid. The links are there if you want to learn more.
The one thing that stuck out for me the most was that of those who had experienced intimacy at very early ages, most reported positive or pleasurable feelings when reflecting back. But the brain has a really wacky way of making sense of trauma, and those self-reports shouldn't be validated. I remember that being the biggest criticism of the study, but it goes into a lot more.