OBJECTIVE This study examined the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and parenting outcomes including parenting stress, feelings of competence and discipline strategies. Maternal depression and current partner violence were hypothesized to be mediators of the association between CSA and parenting. METHOD This study is based on secondary data analysis of archived data. The partic...

In this 10-year longitudinal study 150 mother-daughter pairs were recruited to participate in a study examining gender-based abuse across three generations. Forms of gender-based abuse included: child sexual abuse, witnessing intimate partner violence against their mothers, and intimate partner violence or dating violence in adolescence or adulthood. Daughters were interviewed when they were on...

This study examines the relationship between childhood abuse and partner abuse among a sample of predominantly African-American and Hispanic women, who were patients in methadone clinics in Harlem and the South Bronx. A structured questionnaire addressing demographics, psychosocial and physical health characteristics, depression, childhood abuse, and domestic violence was administered to 151 wo...

Sexual abuse is a serious global public health issue with wide-ranging consequences for the physical, emotional and socioeconomic wellbeing of the survivor [1]. Worldwide, up to 35% of women are estimated to have suffered some form of physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, with 20% reporting childhood abuse [2]. In 2012, the United Nations called for a global concerted effort to imp...

Context Seven million women each year experience physical, sexual or psychological abuse by an intimate partner and approximately 16% of children are exposed to IPV (also known as domestic violence) during their lifetime. 2 Women who experience IPV report more mental health symptoms (eg, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress) and physical health conditions (eg, chronic pain). Children who ...

Many mental health problems among substance abusing populations are directly linked to high rates of abuse and trauma. There is increasing evidence of associations between childhood physical and sexual abuse to adult substance use and HIV-risk behavior. The relationship of abuse, mental health problems, substance abuse, and high-risk sexual behavior has rarely been studied in the female Native ...

Emotional abuse is well recognised as a form of intimate partner violence that is widespread in abusive and dysfunctional relationships. It is often overshadowed by physical and sexual partner violence, which are closely related. The prevalence of exposure to emotional abuse in women can range from 9% to 70%. Ana Ludermir and colleagues report in The Lancet today that emotional abuse during pre...

PURPOSE To determine whether having been abused as a child increases the risk of adolescent pregnancy in El Salvador and whether intimate partner violence during adolescence affects the association. METHODS Using data from 3753 women between the ages of 15 and 24 from a nationally representative household health survey of Salvadoran women (FESAL 2002/2003), the association between history of ...