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Childhood sexual abuse and its association with adult physical and mental health: results from a National cohort of young Australian women
- Authors:
- COLES Jan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30(11), 2015, pp.1929-1944.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study aimed to investigate the associations between child sexual abuse (CSA), CSA plus adult violence experiences, and selected self-reported physical and mental health in a community sample of women. Data from 7,700 women aged 28-33 years from the 1973-1978 cohort who completed Survey 4 of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) were analysed. Questions about prior abuse experience such as child sexual abuse, interpersonal violence, adult physical and sexual assaults, and physical and mental health. Women who experienced CSA were 1.4 times more likely to experience bodily pain, 1.3 times more likely to have poorer general health, and 1.4 times more likely to be depressed in the past 3 years compared with those without abuse. Women who experienced both CSA and adult violence were 2.4 to 3.1 times more likely to experience poor general and mental health, and suffer from depression and anxiety compared with women with no abuse. This study demonstrates the importance of CSA in pain and poorer long-term mental and physical health. It emphasises how prior CSA may amplify pain and poorer long-term mental and physical health among women who are again exposed to violence in adulthood. (Edited publisher abstract)
Lifetime prevalence of multiple victimizations and its impact on children’s mental health
- Authors:
- CYR Katie, CLEMENT Marie-Eve, CHAMBERLAND Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(4), 2014, pp.616-634.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study sought to document lifetime experiences of individual categories of victimizations and polyvictimization using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire among children from the province of Quebec (Canada) to examine whether polyvictimization predicts mental health symptoms and to assess whether categories of victimization still contribute to mental health symptoms after considering polyvictimization. Polyvictimization accounted for the most variability in scores for depression, anxiety, and anger/aggression compared with individual victimization categories. None of the individual categories of victimization made an independent contribution to the prediction of trauma scores, once polyvictimization was considered. (Publisher abstract)
Gender and the associated impairments of childhood sexual abuse: a national study of Icelandic youth
- Author:
- GAULT-SHERMAN Martha
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 69(10), December 2009, pp.1515-1522.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
A national probability sample of 8618 Icelandic youth between the ages of 16 and 20 was used to examine the impairments associated with childhood sexual abuse for male and female victims. The dimensions of impairment were: general anxiety, eating anxiety, depressed mood, theft, and violent behaviour. The results suggest that gender differences in impairment may depend on the particular outcome measured: (1) females were approximately three times more likely than males to experience childhood sexual abuse; (2) the association between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent depressed mood and general anxiety varied significantly by gender, with females more likely to experience these impairments; and (3) the associations between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent eating anxiety, theft, and violent behaviour did not vary by gender.
Harm by her own hand: a study of internalised violence among female juveniles
- Authors:
- ELLIS Rodney A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 6(3), 2002, pp.75-89.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Recent research regarding violence among juveniles has left important questions unanswered. One question involves the effect of gender. This paper reports the results of a study examining gender differences in violent behavior. The records of 136 juveniles were reviewed to test the hypothesis that sexual abuse, low levels of family support, and low levels of support from friends would predict self-directed violence more effectively among females than among males.
Violence, abuse and mental health in England: population patterns: REVA briefing 1
- Authors:
- SCOTT Sara, et al
- Publishers:
- DMSS Research and Consultancy, NatCen Social Research, London Metropolitan University, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, Truth
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
One of five briefing paper presenting findings from the Department of Health funded REVA study, which looked at responding effectively to the needs of survivors of violence and abuse who are mental health service users. Based on a representative community-based sample the briefing examines people’s experiences of violence and abuse, and the relationship between subsequent mental health and mental health service use. The analysis is based on data from the 2007 Department of Health funded Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS), which asked 7,400 adults from across England about their: experience of a range of types of violence and abuse; current mental health; current social and economic circumstances; and use of health and community mental health services. The analysis found that a quarter of the population have had experience of violence and abuse; identified strong links between different types of violence and abuse and a range of mental problems; and found that experiences of violence and abuse are often under-acknowledge factors. It concludes that services must address both mental health and violence and abuse if they are to respond effectively to service users’ needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Associations between childhood abuse and interpersonal aggression and suicide attempt among U.S. adults in a national study
- Authors:
- HARFORD Thomas C., YI Hsiao-ye, GRANT Bridget F.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 38(8), 2014, pp.1389-1398.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study examines associations among childhood physical, emotional, or sexual abuse and violence toward self (suicide attempts [SA]) and others (interpersonal aggression [IA]). Data were obtained from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Waves 1 and 2 in the US (n = 34,653). Multinomial logistic regression examined associations between type of childhood abuse and violence categories, adjusting for demographic variables, other childhood adversity, and DSM-IV psychiatric disorders. The prevalence of reported childhood abuse was 4.60% for physical abuse, 7.83% for emotional abuse, and 10.20% for sexual abuse. Approximately 18% of adults reported some form of violent behaviour, distributed as follows: IA, 13.37%; SA, 2.64%; and SA with IA, 1.85%. After adjusting for demographic variables, other childhood adversity, and psychiatric disorders, each type of childhood abuse was significantly related to increased risk for each violence category as compared with the no violence category. Furthermore, the odds ratio of childhood physical abuse was significantly higher for SA with IA when compared with IA, and the odds ratio of childhood sexual abuse was significantly higher for SA and SA with IA when compared with IA. Childhood physical, emotional, and sexual abuse is directly related to the risk for violent behaviours to self and others. Both internalizing and externalizing psychiatric disorders impact the association between childhood abuse and violence. The inclusion of suicidal behaviours and interpersonal aggression and internalizing/externalizing psychiatric disorders within an integrated conceptual framework will facilitate more effective interventions for long-lasting effects of child abuse. (Edited publisher abstract)
Tackling the health and mental health effects of domestic and sexual violence and abuse
- Author:
- ITZIN Catherine
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 87p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out a programme of work to equip services and professionals to identify and respond to the health and mental health needs of individuals affected by domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, rape, oblique sexual assault and sexual exploitation including children, adolescents, and adults, both victims and abusers, male and female. The report has been jointly produced by the Department of Health, National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE), and Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention programme in partnership with the Home Office.
Cognitive distortions of religious professionals who sexually abuse children
- Authors:
- SARADJIAN Adam, NOBUS Dany
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(8), August 2003, pp.905-925.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study uses grounded theory to investigate the cognitive distortions in the self-report statements of 14 clergymen who had sexually abused children. These clergy were residents at an assessment and treatment center for child molesters. The content of the offenders' cognitive distortions was identified and categorized into thematic groups. These categories were found to relate to the various stages of the offending cycle. A tentative model was generated that illustrates the relationship between the categories and the hypothesized sequence of thought facilitating the initiation and maintenance of sexually abusive behavior. In addition, a number of cognitive processes were identified as contributing to offenders' beliefs. The study also reveals that the clergymen used their religious role and relationship with God within their distorted beliefs. These beliefs were predominantly concentrated in the areas of giving themselves permission to offend, denial of likelihood of getting caught, reduction of guilt after offending, and maintaining a positive sense of self.
Childhood abuse as a possible locus for early intervention into problems of violence and psychopathology
- Author:
- SAPPINGTON A.A.
- Journal article citation:
- Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5(2), May 2000, pp.255-266.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This article reviews research on abuse in childhood. Physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, as well as children witnessing parents abuse each other, were all found to be associated with later problems with violence and psychopathology. Recommends that psychopathologists and therapists collaborative in long-term studies which utilise intervention as a tool for experimentally investigating the relationships between childhood abuse and later problems of violence or psychopathology.
A briefing for mental health professionals: why asking about abuse matters to service users: REVA Briefing 3
- Authors:
- SCOTT Sara, et al
- Publishers:
- DMSS Research and Consultancy, NatCen Social Research, London Metropolitan University, Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, Truth
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
One of five briefing paper presenting findings from the Department of Health funded REVA study, which looked at responding effectively to the needs of survivors of violence and abuse who are mental health service users. The study included specifically asking survivors of violence and abuse about their views on routine enquiry (the policy of asking routinely about experiences of abuse in service user assessments), their experiences of disclosing abuse and their recommendations for how staff should ask people using mental health services about abuse. Interviews with users of mental health services found that people are positive about routine enquiry and that those who had been asked by a professional about their experience of violence and abuse welcomed this. Service user recommendations for service providers about routine enquiry included: asking the question as early as possible, asking with interest rather than as a tick box requirement and asking the question more than once. (Edited publisher abstract)