Traumatic Stress Symptoms of Women Exposed to Different Forms of Childhood Victimization and Intimate Partner Violence

dc.contributor.authorBecker, Kimberly D. ; Stuewig, Jeffrey ; McCloskey, Laura A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T19:12:59Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T19:12:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractInterviews of women with (n = 193) and without (n = 170) recent exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) were used to examine how IPV and past exposure to child abuse influence self-reports of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The measurement of IPV included assessing psychological, physical, escalated physical, and sexual abuse. Women’s retrospective accounts of childhood victimization included reports of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and witnessing domestic violence growing up. Each form of adult IPV showed an independent association with PTSD symptoms, as did each form of childhood victimization. In regression models including child and adult abuse together, adult IPV and childhood sexual abuse were related to PTSD symptoms, and adult IPV mediated the association between childhood physical abuse and adult PTSD. Tests of the interactions between childhood and adulthood victimization on PTSD symptoms were not significant. Findings are discussed within the context of a life-course perspective of trauma. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationBecker, Kimberly D. ; Stuewig, Jeffrey ; McCloskey, Laura A. (2009). Traumatic Stress Symptoms of Women Exposed to Different Forms of Childhood Victimization and Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(9), 1699-1715.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0886260509354578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3817
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Interpersonal Violenceen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectrevictimizationen_US
dc.subjectdomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectfamily violenceen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectpsychological effectsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleTraumatic Stress Symptoms of Women Exposed to Different Forms of Childhood Victimization and Intimate Partner Violenceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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