Journal articles: 'Sexual and Physical Abuse'

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Bryant, Susan L., and Lillian M. Range. "Suicidality in College Women Who Were Sexually and Physically Abused and Physically Punished by Parents." Violence and Victims 10, no. 3 (January 1995): 195–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.10.3.195.

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In order to ascertain if physically abused, sexually abused, physically punished, and nonabused/nonpunished women students reported different levels of suicidality, 182 women completed measures of suicidality, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and physical punishment. Women who reported sexual abuse were more suicidal than all other groups, and those physically abused were more suicidal than those nonabused/nonpunished. In a multiple regression, sexual abuse accounted for the most variance in suicidality (15%). Apparently women who report sexual or physical abuse, but not ordinary physical punishment alone, are at greatest risk for suicide.

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Miller, Darcy. "Sexual and Physical Abuse among Adolescents with Behavioral Disorders: Profiles and Implications." Behavioral Disorders 18, no. 2 (February 1993): 129–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019874299301800206.

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Sexual and physical abuse can have chronic and debilitating effects on adolescents. Very little is known about the prevalence and frequency of sexual and physical abuse among adolescents with behavioral disorders, yet this information would seem to be critical if appropriate educational programs for these adolescents are to be developed. The Student Questionnaire was sent to 82 adolescents with behavioral disorders and 70 adolescents without disabilities to solicit information on the prevalence, frequency, and conditions associated with sexual and physical abuse among these adolescents. There were significant differences between the adolescents with behavioral disorders and the adolescents without disabilities in the prevalence, frequency, and conditions of sexual and physical abuse. The prevalence of sexual abuse was highest among the adolescent females with behavioral disorders. While the adolescents with behavioral disorders reported higher frequencies of sexual and physical abuse than the adolescents without disabilities, the latter group also indicated problems in both of these areas. As a result of the study, educational recommendations are generated which address the needs demonstrated by the adolescents who have been sexually or physically abused.

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Murphy, Gereldine. "Physical and sexual abuse." Paediatric Nursing 2, no. 4 (May 1990): 22–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/paed.2.4.22.s21.

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Wiederman, Michael W., Randy A. Sansone, and Lori A. Sansone. "History of Trauma and Attempted Suicide Among Women in a Primary Care Setting." Violence and Victims 13, no. 1 (March 1, 1998): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.13.1.3.

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The results of past research have demonstrated apparent links between suicidality and a history of sexual abuse or physical abuse. However, the relative predictive power of such abuse histories in explaining suicidality remains unknown, as does the potential relationship between suicidality and emotional abuse, physical neglect, and witnessing violence. In the current study, 151 women who presented for nonemergent medical care indicated whether they had experienced each of five types of abuse and whether they had ever attempted suicide. Similar to past research, increased rates of having attempted suicide were evident among women who had been sexually or physically abused. Rates of past suicide attempts were also higher among those who had experienced emotional abuse or had witnessed violence. However, many women indicated having experienced multiple forms of trauma. In a multivariate analysis, only sexual abuse and physical abuse were uniquely predictive of having attempted suicide. Results are discussed with regard to the potential importance of bodily intrusiveness during abuse as most predictive of subsequent suicidality.

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Afifi, Z. E. M., M. I. El Lawindi, S. A. Ahmed, and W. W. Basily. "Adolescent abuse in a community sample in Beni Suef, Egypt: prevalence and risk factors." Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 9, no. 5-6 (March 31, 2003): 1003–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2003.9.5-6.1003.

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Adolescent abuse was studied in 555 school students [mean age 15.6 +/- 1.5 years] selected by multistage random sampling in Beni Suef in 1998. Each student received a general physical examination and a pre-coded questionnaire to identify determinants of abuse. Prevalence of abuse was 36.6%. Emotional, physical, sexual and combined abuse prevalence was 12.3%, 7.6%, 7.0% and 9.7% respectively. Significant predictors of sexual abuse were hyperactive child, disabled child, disinterested mother, low birth order child or wasted child. For physical abuse, significant predictors were maternal disinterest, maternal education and injuries. Significant predictors of emotional abuse were overcrowding, disease and mistreatment by a teacher. Violent behaviour was reported for more than 20% of the emotionally and the sexually abused

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Craft, Ann. "Abuse, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse." Current Opinion in Psychiatry 8, no. 5 (September 1995): 276–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001504-199509000-00003.

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Tembo, Zowe, Dabbie Nabuzoka, and Paul Ravi. "Socio- Psychological factors associated with child sexual abuse: A study of Lusaka Central Prison Child sexual abuse convicts." University of Zambia Journal of Agricultural and Biomedical Sciences 4, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.53974/unza.jabs.4.4.396.

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Objectives and Study Design: with the view of examining the socio-psychological factors associated with child sexual abuse among child sexual abuse convicts, a study was conducted in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia at Lusaka Central Prison also commonly known as Chimbokaila prison between January 2015 - July 2017. The scientific objectives of this study were to identify the background characteristics of convicts who are in jail for child sexual offenses; to establish the psychological factors associated with child sexual abuse among convicts; to explore the social correlates associated with child sexual abuse among convicts; to explore the social correlates associated with child sexual abuse among convicts and to establish the relationship between experiences of convicts in prison and behavioural intensions with regards to child sexual re-offending. 30 male child sexual abuse convicts were assessed for personality disorders and were interviewed to realize some of the social factors that may be associated with child sexual abuse. Results: Results of the DSMI IV criteria checklist showed that 24 respondents did not have a personality disorder while 6 respondents had a personality disorder. From the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality inventory 4 (MMPI- IV) showed that 10 participants had a personality disorder, while 20 participants did not have a personality disorder. Results obtained from social correlates associated with child sexual abuse were: misleading physical appearances and substance misuse. With regards to marital status, there was no statistical relationship between child sexual abuse and marital status. It was also found that there is no statistical relationship between child sexual abuse and alcohol consumption. It was also found that the respondents who took alcohol before imprisonment were more than those that did not. Most child sexual perpetrators were not sexually abused as children, those who were sexually abused as children were very few Percent and frequency distribution of respondents by age group was; age group 25-30 recorded 3 the highest frequency of 36.7%, followed by age group of 20-25 with 23.3%. Percent and frequency distribution of the respondents by marital status; of the total respondents 40 percent (n=12) were single and 46.7 percent (n=14) were married, divorced participants and others had an equal share of percentage at 6.7 percent (n=2). Conclusions: Put together the results suggest that the majority of participants did not have a personality disorder, in regards to Psychological factors that may be associated with child sexual abuse. Whereas a lot of common themes (most participants abused alcohol before imprisonment, were physically abused and not sexually abused in their childhood) were realized for social factors that may be associated with child sexual abuse, However for background characteristics it was found that most child sexual abusers were within their mid-twenties and most of them were single with a primary level of education as the highest level of education obtained by most participants.

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Darlington, Yvonne. "Working with sexually abused children: Insights from adult survivors." Children Australia 20, no. 3 (1995): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200004582.

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In a qualitative study of adult women's experiences of having been sexually abused as children, research participants reported their recollections of their responses, as children, to sexual abuse and of their relationships with mothers and peers.Childhood responses to sexual abuse included attempts to escape, fear, guilt and shame. Attempts to escape encompassed physical resistance as well as mental processes, such as daydreaming and dissociation. Despite numerous such attempts to escape, in the context of immobilising fear, many still blamed themselves for the sexual abuse. Many also experienced shame, a profound sense of exposure and humiliation. Relationships with mothers were dominated by feelings of loss and betrayal which, in several cases, had persisted into adulthood. Relationships with peers were characterised by isolation, with underlying fear of rejection and humiliation. Physical and verbal abuse, by a wider range of perpetrators, was common.Several conclusions for therapy with sexually abused children are drawn: Attention to the full range of attempts to escape sexual abuse, in the context of immobilising fear, could help dispel children's sense of guilt about sexual abuse. The experiences of guilt and shame should both be addressed. In not blaming mothers for sexual abuse, any negative aspects of the child's experience of his or her relationship with mother should not be inadvertently minimised. The fear of exposure or rejection underlying poor peer relationships should be addressed as part of attempts at improving peer relationships. Isolation accruing from other forms of child abuse by a wider range of perpetrators needs to be addressed.

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Glaser, Danya. "Physical, sexual and emotional abuse." Current Opinion in Psychiatry 10, no. 4 (July 1997): 286–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001504-199707000-00006.

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Kishore, Jugal. "Child Sexual Abuse during COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Preventive, Curative & Community Medicine 06, no. 01 (September 29, 2020): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2454.325x.202005.

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Prevalence of child sexual abuse during epidemic and disaster is common. There are evidences that children are victims of sexual exploitation during the lockdown period. They undergo multiple physical and mental injuries which could last lifelong. In presence of law, the child sexual abuse will not stop till the society is sensitive enough for the child emotional and physical health need. Responsibility of care lies not only on parents but also on everybody because they are the asset of nation. Mass awareness program along with behaviour change communication could be better solution during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Osgood, Nancy J., and Ameda A. Manetta. "Physical and Sexual Abuse, Battering, and Substance Abuse." Journal of Gerontological Social Work 38, no. 3 (January 30, 2003): 99–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j083v38n03_07.

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Rueness, Janne, Mia C. Myhre MD, Ida F. Strøm, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Grete Dyb, and Siri Thoresen. "Child abuse and physical health: A population-based study on physical health complaints among adolescents and young adults." Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 48, no. 5 (May 9, 2019): 511–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494819848581.

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Aims: To investigate whether adolescents and young adults with a history of child abuse had more physical health complaints compared to their unexposed peers. We also aimed to estimate associations between different child abuse types with physical health complaints and associations between the number of child abuse types and physical health complaints. Methods: This population-based telephone survey over two waves included 506 adolescents and young adults exposed to child abuse and 504 non-abused peers aged 16–33 years. We applied linear regression analyses to investigate associations between child abuse types and physical health complaints, unadjusted and mutually adjusted for co-occurring abuse, and to investigate how the number of child abuse types associated with physical health complaints. Results: Participants exposed to child abuse reported significantly more physical health complaints. The child abuse types strongly co-occurred. When adjusting for co-occurring child abuse, only sexual and emotional abuse were significantly associated with physical health complaints. Physical health complaints increased with the higher number of child abuse types experienced. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that exposure to abuse, particularly sexual and emotional, during childhood predicts physical health complaints in adolescence and early adulthood. In a public health perspective, early identification of child abuse may be beneficial in preventing physical health complaints later in life.

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Mian, Marcellina, Peter Marton, Deborah Lebaron, and David Birtwistle. "Familial Risk Factors Associated with Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Sexual abuse of three to Five Year Old Girls." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 39, no. 6 (August 1994): 348–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674379403900606.

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This study intended to identify familial risk factors which differentiate sexually abused young girls from nonabused girls and, further, young victims of intrafamilial from those of extrafamilial sexual abuse. The subjects were 112 girls aged three to five years and their families. Forty-two were the victims of intrafamilial sexual abuse and 28 were victims of extrafamilial sexual abuse while 42 girls were not the victims of abuse. The three groups of girls were matched for age. Comparisons indicated that the families of abused girls had less harmony and stability in the marital unit and were headed by less competent parents. Mothers in both abuse groups were significantly more likely to have experienced sexual abuse as children. For all comparisons, the intrafamilial group showed greater disadvantage and dysfunction than the extrafamilial group. The intrafamilial group was differentiated from the extrafamilial group by worse spousal relationships, inadequate boundaries in parent-child behaviour, father's history of physical abuse as a child and violent behaviour as an adult and maternal disapproval of the child victim. These findings suggest that child sexual abuse is related to a longstanding collection of interconnected adult personal and relational deficiencies which result in inadequate parenting for the young victim.

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Engh Kraft, Lisbet, GullBritt Rahm, and Ulla-Britt Eriksson. "School Nurses Avoid Addressing Child Sexual Abuse." Journal of School Nursing 33, no. 2 (July 8, 2016): 133–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059840516633729.

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Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a global public health problem with major consequences for the individual child and society. An earlier Swedish study showed that the school nurses did not initially talk about nor mention CSA as one form of child abuse. For the child to receive adequate support, the disclosure is a precondition and is dependent on an available person prepared to listen. The aim of the study was to explore the ability of the school nurses to detect and support sexually abused children. It is a secondary analysis of focus group interviews with school nurses. Thematic analysis was performed. Results showed that the school nurses avoided addressing CSA due to arousal of strong emotions, ambivalence, and a complicated disclosure process. In order to detect CSA and support abused children, attentiveness of sexual abuse as a possible cause of physical and mental ill-health is crucial.

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Fernández-Montalvo, Javier, José J. López-Goñi, Alfonso Arteaga, Raúl Cacho, and Paula Azanza. "Therapeutic Progression in Abused Women Following a Drug-Addiction Treatment Program." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 32, no. 13 (June 30, 2015): 2046–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260515591980.

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This study explored the prevalence of victims of abuse and the therapeutic progression among women who sought treatment for drug addiction. A sample of 180 addicted Spanish women was assessed. Information was collected on the patients’ lifetime history of abuse (psychological, physical, and/or sexual), socio-demographic factors, consumption variables, and psychological symptoms. Of the total sample, 74.4% ( n = 134) of the addicted women had been victims of abuse. Psychological abuse affected 66.1% ( n = 119) of the patients, followed by physical abuse (51.7%; n = 93) and sexual abuse (31.7%; n = 57). Compared with patients who had not been abused, the addicted women with histories of victimization scored significantly higher on several European version of the Addiction Severity Index (EuropASI) and psychological variables. Specifically, physical abuse and sexual abuse were related to higher levels of severity of addiction. Regarding therapeutic progression, the highest rate of dropout was observed among victims of sexual abuse (63.5%; n = 33), followed by victims of physical abuse (48.9%; n = 23). Multivariate analysis showed that medical and family areas of the EuropASI, as well as violence problems and suicide ideation, were the main variables related to physical and/or sexual abuse. Moreover, women without abuse and with fewer family problems presented the higher probability of treatment completion. The implications of these results for further research and clinical practice are discussed.

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Gold, Steven R. "History of Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Sexual Fantasies." Violence and Victims 6, no. 1 (January 1991): 75–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.6.1.75.

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The study investigated the hypothesis that women with a history of childhood sexual abuse would report different sexual fantasies from women with no childhood sexual abuse. Women with a history of abuse had more force in their fantasies, had more sexually explicit fantasies, began having sexual fantasies at a younger age, and had more fantasies with the theme of being under someone’s control. Women with a history of childhood physical abuse did not have a similar pattern. It was suggested that the sexual fantasies may reflect the sexualizing effect of childhood sexual experiences and that fantasies of the abusive experience may become intrusive.

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Kremer, Inbar, Israel Orbach, and Tova Rosenbloom. "Body Image Among Victims of Sexual and Physical Abuse." Violence and Victims 28, no. 2 (2013): 259–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00015.

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This study tries to understand the differences in body experience between victims of sexual abuse and physical abuse. Ninety-eight women completed questionnaires that measured personal information, body-image aberration, body sensitivity and control, and body investment. Findings indicated that victims of sexual abuse demonstrate less body maintenance and protection in addition to greater injury to body sensitivity and control than victims of physical abuse. Moreover, comparing victims of sexual abuse to physical abuse, findings revealed that only victims of sexual abuse report body-image aberrations. Thus, sexual and physical abuse should be addressed discretely because each has differential effects on bodily attitudes of victims.

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Sierra, Juan Carlos, Ana I. Arcos-Romero, Ana Álvarez-Muelas, and Oscar Cervilla. "The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Sexual Attitudes, Sexual Assertiveness, and Sexual Functioning in Men and Women." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 2 (January 12, 2021): 594. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020594.

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Background: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) causes physical, sexual, or psychological harm. The association between psychosexual (sexual assertiveness, erotophilia, and attitude towards sexual fantasies) and sexual function (sexual desire, sexual excitation, erection, orgasm capacity, and sexual satisfaction), and the experience of physical and non-physical IPV was assessed. Methods: Data from 3394 (1766 women, 1628 men) heterosexual adults completed the Spanish version of the Index of Spouse Abuse, scales measuring psychosexual and sexual function, and demographic characteristics were collected. Results: For men, poorer sexual health was associated with an experience of physical abuse (F = 4.41, p < 0.001) and non-physical abuse (F = 4.35, p < 0.001). For women, poorer sexual health was associated with physical abuse (F = 13.38, p < 0.001) and non-physical abuse (F = 7.83, p < 0.001). Conclusion: The experience of physical or non-physical abuse has a negative association with psychosexual and sexual functioning in both men and women.

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Pederson, Cathy L., Daniel R. Vanhorn, Josephine F. Wilson, Lisa M. Martorano, Jana M. Venema, and Sarah M. Kennedy. "Childhood Abuse Related to Nicotine, Illicit and Prescription Drug use by Women: Pilot Study." Psychological Reports 103, no. 2 (October 2008): 459–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.103.2.459-466.

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A sample of 811 women ages 18 to 59 ( M = 26.0, SD=6.5) responded to an advertisement by telephone. Inquiries were made about childhood abuse status and adult use of alcohol, nicotine, and prescription and illicit drugs. Significant associations were noted for reported sexual, physical, and emotional childhood abuse with use of nicotine, marijuana, and antidepressants in adulthood. Reported childhood physical and emotional abuses were also significantly associated with use of cocaine and anxiolytics, and sexual abuse with antipsychotic use in adulthood. Only childhood emotional abuse was associated with the use of sleeping pills. Number of types of abuse was significantly related with use of nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and anxiolytics. Alcohol use was not related to any type of abuse. The long-term effects of childhood emotional abuse may be just as severe as physical or sexual abuse.

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McCarthy, James B. "Survivors of physical and sexual abuse." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 61, no. 3 (1991): 475–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0079266.

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KISER, LAUREL J., JERRY HESTON, PAMELA A. MILLSAP, and DAVID B. PRUITT. "Physical and Sexual Abuse in Childhood." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 30, no. 5 (September 1991): 776–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199109000-00013.

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Shirley, S. Alph, and S. Santha Kumar. "Awareness and attitude of mothers of primary school children towards child sexual abuse in Tamil Nadu, India." International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 7, no. 1 (December 24, 2019): 191. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20195752.

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Background: Child sexual abuse leads to several adverse impacts in the affected children. A study on awareness and attitude of mothers towards child sexual abuse will help to formulate better techniques to improve awareness and prevent child sexual abuse. The objective is to study the awareness and attitude of mothers of primary school students towards child sexual abuse.Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was done in the state of Tamil Nadu, India among 186 mothers of primary school children. Data were collected from the mothers using a predesigned questionnaire and analyzed.Results: Only 12.9% of the mothers were aware of the POCSO Act and 32.8% were aware of the child helpline 1098. 76.9% of the mothers were aware of unexplained genital injury as a physical indicator of child sexual abuse. Acute traumatic response (83.9%) and regression in behavior (82.8%) were the commonly aware behavioral indicators of child sexual abuse. Only 25.3% of the mothers believed that boys can be sexually abused. 75.3% of the mothers believed that the offenders were usually unknown persons. 88.7% of the mothers believed that unaccompanied children were a risk factor. 88.2 % of the mother believed that physical and mental disability in children was a risk factor. Majority of the mothers believed that streets (88.7%) and institutions (80.1%) were the common environment for child sexual abuse. Only 23.7% of the mothers had taught regarding good touch and bad touch to their children. 50.5 % of the mothers believed that the major role in preventing child sexual abuse is played by the parents.Conclusions: Awareness regarding child sexual abuse was low among the mothers of primary school children.

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Vandeven, Andrea M., and Alice W. Newton. "Update on child physical abuse, sexual abuse, and prevention." Current Opinion in Pediatrics 18, no. 2 (April 2006): 201–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.mop.0000193295.94646.f7.

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Farley, Melissa, and Beatrice M. Patsalides. "Physical Symptoms, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Healthcare Utilization of Women with and without Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse." Psychological Reports 89, no. 3 (December 2001): 595–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2001.89.3.595.

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For four groups of women: no abuse, physical abuse alone, combined sexual and physical abuse, and unclear about memories of abuse, we examined the associations between childhood sexual and physical abuse, chronic physical symptoms in adulthood, PTSD, and health care utilization. Of a randomly selected sample of 600 adult female members of a health maintenance organization, 86 (14%) chose to participate. Women with a history of physical and sexual abuse in childhood reported significantly more cardiovascular, immune, musculoskeletal, neurologic, and reproductive symptoms than those without this history. While the Sexual/Physical Abuse group had the most chronic physical symptoms, medical visits, emergency room visits, prescriptions, and severe PTSD, the Unclear Memory group consistently ranked second on these same measures—higher than either Controls or the Physical Abuse group. Findings underscore the importance of screening for trauma history among patients seen in medical clinics, and the importance for psychotherapists of attending to patients' physical as well as psychological symptoms of childhood trauma.

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Cameron, Paul. "Child Molestations by Homosexual Foster Parents: Illinois, 1997–2002." Psychological Reports 96, no. 1 (February 2005): 227–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.96.1.227-230.

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Do those who engage in homosexuality disproportionately sexually abuse foster or adoptive children as reported by child protective services? Illinois child services reported sexual abuse for 1997 through 2002. 270 parents committed “substantiated” sexual offenses against foster or subsidized adoptive children: 67 (69%) of 97 of these mother and 148 (86%) of 173 of these father perpetrators sexually abused girls; 30 (31%) of the mothers and 25 (14%) of the father perpetrators sexually abused boys, i.e., 92 (34%) of the perpetrators homosexually abused their charges. Of these parents 15 both physically and sexually abused charges: daughters by 8 of the mothers and 4 of the fathers, sons by 3 of the mothers, i.e., same-sex perpetrators were involved in 53%. Thus, homosexual practitioners were proportionately more apt to abuse foster or adoptive children sexually.

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Levett, Ann. "A Study of Childhood Sexual Abuse among South African University Women Students." South African Journal of Psychology 19, no. 3 (September 1989): 122–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124638901900302.

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There are no prevalence figures for childhood sexual abuse among South African women university students. This study addressed this gap, providing figures for an unselected, non-clinical group of 94 women students who constituted the sample at the University of Cape Town. A review of the methodological problems in this kind of research suggests that one of these concerns the stigma associated with sexual abuse. A novel approach which combines a search for prevalence information as well as providing participants with a potentially therapeutic experience is described. The intervention took the form of structured educational input concerning the relationship between gender socialization and sexual abuse, and stereotypes about sexual assault and abuse. Unpressured discussion of personal experience was facilitated in a supportive context of peer groups, organized around non-threatening tasks, to enable breaking of the silence which so often follows sexual abuse. Written discussions of childhood sexual abuse were obtained later and, although such information was not solicited, students voluntarily disclosed their own experience. This revealed 43,6% of the group (41 women) had experienced 61 instances of sexual abuse under age 18 years. Attempted rape or rape had occurred in 17% of the self-identified sexually abused women, and 47,5% of the 61 instances of sexual abuse had involved intrusive physical contact. There had been no previous disclosure in 34,4% of cases. On follow-up, two-thirds of the women expressed reservations about voluntary open discussion of sexual abuse within the peer groups, clearly implicating expectations of stigmatic effects following disclosure.

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FERGUSSON, D. M., L. J. HORWOOD, and L. J. WOODWARD. "The stability of child abuse reports: a longitudinal study of the reporting behaviour of young adults." Psychological Medicine 30, no. 3 (May 2000): 529–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291799002111.

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Background. The aims of this study were to use longitudinal report data on physical and sexual abuse to examine the stability and consistency of abuse reports.Methods. The study was based on the birth cohort of young people studied in the Christchurch Health and Development Study. At ages 18 and 21 years, these young people were questioned about their childhood exposure to physical punishment and sexual abuse. Concurrent with these assessments, sample members were also assessed on measures of psychiatric disorder and suicidal behaviour.Results. Reports of childhood sexual abuse and physical punishment were relatively unstable and the values of kappa for test–retests of abuse reporting were in the region of 0·45. Inconsistencies in reporting were unrelated to the subject's psychiatric state. Latent class analyses suggested that: (a) those not abused did not falsely report being abused; and (b) those who were abused provided unreliable reports in which the probability of a false negative response was in the region of 50%. Different approaches to classifying subjects as abused led to wide variations in the estimated prevalence of abuse but estimates of the relative risk of psychiatric adjustment problems conditional on abuse exposure remained relatively stable.Conclusions. There was substantial unreliability in the reporting of child abuse. This unreliability arose because those who were subject to abuse often provided false negative reports. The consequences of errors in reports appear to be: (a) that estimates of abuse prevalence based on a single report are likely to seriously underestimate the true prevalence of abuse; while (b) estimates of the relative risk of psychiatric adjustment problems conditional on abuse appear to be robust to the effects of reporting errors.

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Alexander, Randell. "Medical Evaluations Then and Now." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 32, no. 6 (July 19, 2016): 826–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516657354.

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The role of medicine for children suspected of having been sexually abused has advanced significantly since the 1980s. Newer tests such as DNA and nucleic acid amplification have added to the detection of perpetrators and disease, respectively. Non-acute examination physical findings are seen in only 5% to 10% of instances. Physical findings regarding the hymen and anus have been found to often be normal variants—findings that some used to regard as signs of sexual abuse. Newer considerations for clinicians include Internet child pornography, human trafficking, and use of video/photographic recording. New technologies such as high definition digital photography and telemedicine help to document abuse in a much improved way than existed several decades ago. Nevertheless, the basic approach of careful history-taking remains a bedrock for the diagnosis of child sexual abuse.

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Brezo, Jelena, Joel Paris, Frank Vitaro, Martine Hébert, Richard E. Tremblay, and Gustavo Turecki. "Predicting suicide attempts in young adults with histories of childhood abuse." British Journal of Psychiatry 193, no. 2 (August 2008): 134–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037994.

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BackgroundAlthough childhood abuse is an important correlate of suicidality, not all individuals who were abused as children attempt suicide.AimsTo identify correlates and moderators of suicide attempts in adults reporting childhood physical abuse, contact sexual abuse, or both.MethodA French-Canadian, school-based cohort (n=1684) was prospectively followed.ResultsThe identity of the abuser moderated the relationship of abuse frequency and suicide attempts, with individuals abused by their immediate family being at highest risk. Although paternal education exhibited negative associations (OR=0.71, 95% CI 0.58–0.88), several externalising phenotypes had positive associations with suicide attempts: disruptive disorders (OR=3.10, 95% CI 1.05–9.15), conduct problems (OR=1.09, 95% CI 1.01–1.19) and childhood aggression (OR=1.41, 95% CI 1.08–1.83).ConclusionsCharacteristics of the abuser and abusive acts may be important additional indicators of risk for suicide attempts. Future research needs to employ developmental approaches to examine the extent and mechanisms by which childhood abuse contributes to the shared variance of suicidality, maladaptive traits and psychopathology.

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Spieker, Susan J., Lillian Bensley, Robert J. McMahon, Hellen Fung, and Eric Ossiander. "Sexual abuse as a factor in child maltreatment by adolescent mothers of preschool aged children." Development and Psychopathology 8, no. 3 (1996): 497–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579400007239.

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AbstractWe examined the role of a history of sexual abuse as a predictor of child maltreatment by adolescent mothers in a prospective study of 104 mother-child dyads. Mothers were interviewed about any experienced abuse, and the mother-child dyads were observed in a teaching interaction and in the Strange Situation when the children were 1 year old. Three and a half years later, the mothers were interviewed about their Child Protective Service (CPS) contacts since the birth of their children. The percentage of mothers reporting CPS contacts for their own children was 15.4%, 38.5%, and 83.3%, respectively, for those mothers with no history of sexual abuse, a history of a single incident or brief duration of sexual abuse, and those mothers with a history of chronic sexual abuse (median 24 months duration; test of increasing trend significant atp< .000009). Mothers who reported having been chronically sexually abused as children were significantly more likely to have CPS contacts for their own children, after controlling for history of physical abuse, quality of early teaching interactions, and infant attachment security (both of which also predicted CPS contacts), race, IQ, welfare status at 1 year postpartum, and history of foster care.

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Chiu, Gretchen R., Karen E. Lutfey, Heather J. Litman, Carol L. Link, Susan A. Hall, and John B. McKinlay. "Prevalence and Overlap of Childhood and Adult Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse: A Descriptive Analysis of Results From the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey." Violence and Victims 28, no. 3 (2013): 381–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.11-043.

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Abuse is associated with a wide variety of health problems, yet comprehensive population-based data are scant. Existing literature focuses on a single type of abuse, population, or lifestage. Using a racially/ethnically diverse community-based sample, we document the prevalence of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse by lifestage and gender; assess variation in abuse by sociodemographics; establish overlap of abuses; and examine childhood abuse relationships with abuse in adulthood. Prevalence of abuse ranges from 15% to 27%; women report more adulthood emotional abuse and lifetime sexual abuse than men; reports of abuse can vary by race/ethnicity and poverty status, particularly in women; there is overlap between types of abuse; and a history of childhood abuse is associated with a greater risk of abuse as an adult.

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Limoncin, Erika, Caterina Solano, Giacomo Ciocca, Daniele Mollaioli, Elena Colonnello, Andrea Sansone, Filippo Maria Nimbi, Chiara Simonelli, Renata Tambelli, and Emmanuele Angelo Jannini. "Can Physical and/or Sexual Abuse Play a Role in the Female Choice of a Partner? A Cross-Sectional, Correlational Pilot Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18 (September 21, 2020): 6902. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186902.

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The present study aims to evaluate the relationship in women between a history of physical/sexual abuse and the preferences regarding the choice of a partner for a short/long-term relationship in terms of male facial dimorphism, and to assess their sexual functioning. We enrolled 48 abused women and 60 non-abused women. Facial preferences were evaluated with the Morphing test. Sexual functioning was measured with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Regarding the choice for a short-term partner, abused and non-abused women did not show any differences, and both groups chose a less masculine male face. On the other hand, regarding the choice for a long-term partner, abused women showed a preference for an average male face, whilst non-abused women preferred a less masculine face. The sexual functioning of abused women was found significantly dysfunctional in all domains of the FSFI. These data, generated from a small but highly selected cohort, demonstrated that physical/sexual abuse may be associated with a more rational and conscious choice of a male partner for a long-term relationship, but not with an instinctive one, as the choice of an occasional partner. In addition, the sexual functioning of abused women appears to be compromised by the traumatic experience.

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NEWMAN, M. G., L. CLAYTON, A. ZUELLIG, L. CASHMAN, B. ARNOW, R. DEA, and C. B. TAYLOR. "The relationship of childhood sexual abuse and depression with somatic symptoms and medical utilization." Psychological Medicine 30, no. 5 (September 2000): 1063–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003329179900272x.

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Background. Previous research suggests that childhood sexual abuse is associated with high rates of retrospectively reported medical utilization and medical problems as an adult. The goal of this study was to determine if abused females have higher rates of medical utilization using self-report and objective measures, compared with non-abused females. A further goal was to determine whether findings of prior research would be replicated when childhood physical abuse level was controlled. This study also examined the moderating impact of depressed mood on current health measures in this population.Methods. Six hundred and eight women recruited from a health maintenance organization completed self-report measures of health symptoms for the previous month and doctor visits for the previous year. Objective doctor records over a 2 year period were examined for a subset of 136 of these women.Results. Results showed significantly more self-reported health symptoms and more self-reported doctor visits in abused participants compared with those who reported no childhood history of sexual abuse. Objective doctor visits demonstrated the same pattern with abused participants exhibiting more visits related to out-patient surgery and out-patient internal medicine. In addition, persons who were both sexually abused and depressed tended to visit the emergency room more frequently and to have more in-patient internal medicine and ophthalmology visits than sexually abused participants who reported low depressed mood and non-abused controls.Conclusions. These results replicate prior studies and suggest that current depression may moderate the relationship between sexual abuse and medical problems in adulthood.

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Kooiman, C. G., A. W. Ouwehand, and M. M. ter Kuile. "The Sexual and Physical Abuse Questionnaire (SPAQ)." Child Abuse & Neglect 26, no. 9 (September 2002): 939–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0145-2134(02)00363-0.

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Drossman, D. A. "Sexual and Physical Abuse and Gastrointestinal Illness." Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 30, sup208 (January 1995): 90–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365529509107768.

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HUNTER, M. "Physical Signs of Sexual Abuse in Children." Archives of Disease in Childhood 78, no. 3 (March 1, 1998): 288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.78.3.288d.

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Kini, Narendra, and Stephen Lazoritz. "EVALUATION FOR POSSIBLE PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE." Pediatric Clinics of North America 45, no. 1 (February 1998): 205–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0031-3955(05)70590-3.

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Levy, Norman B. "Childhood Memories of Sexual and Physical Abuse." Psychosomatics 39, no. 1 (January 1998): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0033-3182(98)71373-8.

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Nieves-Khouw, Fé C. "Recognizing Victims of Physical and Sexual Abuse." Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 9, no. 2 (June 1997): 141–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0899-5885(18)30272-7.

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Ross, Colin A., Benjamin B. Keyes, Zeping Xiao, Heqin Yan, Zhen Wang, Zheng Zou, Yong Xu, Jue Chen, and Haiyin Zhang. "Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse in China." Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 14, no. 4 (December 13, 2005): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j070v14n04_06.

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Schliep, K. C., Sunni L. Mumford, Erica B. Johnstone, C. Matthew Peterson, Howard T. Sharp, Joseph B. Stanford, Zhen Chen, Uba Backonja, Maeve E. Wallace, and Germaine M. Buck Louis. "Sexual and physical abuse and gynecologic disorders." Human Reproduction 31, no. 8 (June 22, 2016): 1904–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dew153.

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Lynch, M. A. "Physical signs of sexual abuse in children." Archives of Disease in Childhood 67, no. 4 (April 1, 1992): 565–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.67.4.565.

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Robinson, R. "Physical signs of sexual abuse in children." BMJ 302, no. 6781 (April 13, 1991): 863–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.302.6781.863.

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Drossman, D. A., N. J. Talley, J. Leserman, K. W. Olden, and M. A. Barreiro. "Sexual and physical abuse and gastrointestinal illness." European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 8, no. 1 (January 1996): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00042737-199601000-00025.

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Stiffman, Arlene Rubin. "Physical and sexual abuse in runaway youths." Child Abuse & Neglect 13, no. 3 (January 1989): 417–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0145-2134(89)90082-3.

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Fry, Richard. "Adult physical illness and childhood sexual abuse." Journal of Psychosomatic Research 37, no. 2 (February 1993): 89–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-3999(93)90075-q.

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Auslander, Wendy, Sarah Myers Tlapek, Jennifer Threlfall, Tonya Edmond, and Jerry Dunn. "Mental Health Pathways Linking Childhood Maltreatment to Interpersonal Revictimization During Adolescence for Girls in the Child Welfare System." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 33, no. 7 (November 29, 2015): 1169–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260515614561.

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This study compares the association of histories of childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and physical neglect with revictimization among adolescent girls, and investigates the role of posttraumatic stress and symptoms of depression as mediators. Participants were 234 girls aged 12 to 19 years, who have been involved with the child welfare system in a Midwestern urban area. Data were collected from baseline surveys of a trauma-focused group program to which the participants were referred. The majority of participants were youths of color (75%) who were primarily African American (70%), and the remaining participants were White, non-Hispanic (25%). Data were collected through surveys that assessed histories of child abuse and neglect, symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression, and experiences of physical, verbal, and relational revictimization in the last 3 months. All types of abuse and neglect were significantly associated with higher frequencies of revictimization and higher levels of posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms. Parallel mediation analyses demonstrated that both posttraumatic stress and depression fully mediated the relationships between emotional abuse and revictimization, and sexual abuse and revictimization. Physical abuse was fully mediated by posttraumatic stress, but not by depression. Results also indicated that neither posttraumatic stress nor depression were mediators for the relationship between neglect and revictimization. There were similar pathways to revictimization in adolescents from emotional and sexual abuse through posttraumatic stress and depression. Evidence is mounting for the deleterious effects of emotional abuse. There is evidence that treatment of both posttraumatic stress and depression in emotionally and sexually abused adolescents involved in child welfare is warranted to prevent future revictimization.

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Brady, Adare. "Child Sexual Abuse." Physiotherapy 86, no. 2 (February 2000): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9406(05)61218-7.

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Grzesiak, Hanna. "Elderly Sexual Abuse." Praca Socjalna 36, no. 3 (June 30, 2021): 143–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.1536.

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In recent years, thanks to rapidly developing medicine, it is becoming possible to detect, treat and diagnose diseases that for many decades were considered incurable. Consequently, we are dealing with a significant increase in life expectancy and a rapid increase in the number of the elderly in the society in recent years. As the statistics show, this number will increase even more in the coming years, so there is a need to pay attention to this social group. Elderly people, especially those living alone and suffering from cognitive and memory disorders that accompany Alzheimer's disease, are a group particularly vulnerable to various forms of violence. In Polish literature on the subject and in the media, much attention is paid to the physical, mental and financial form of abuse. Sexual abuse is not mentioned at all in the context of this social group, which does not mean that it does not exist. This situation is often caused by stereotypes according to which, the elderly are asexual and not attractive enough to be victims of sexual violence. This article pays attention to the definitions of sexual abuse against the elderly, the scale of the problem, risk factors for this form of violence or its consequences, including: physiological-somatic, psychological-emotional, sexual and socio-cognitive ones. The last part of the text is devoted to prevention of sexual violence among the elderly.

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Buist, Anne. "Childhood Abuse, Parenting and Postpartum Depression." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 32, no. 4 (August 1998): 479–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679809068320.

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Objective: While the potential negative effects on children of maternal depression has been documented, the influence of a maternal history of childhood abuse on child development is unclear. This study, the first stage of a 3–year follow-up study, looks at childhood abuse in women with depression in the postpartum period. Method: Fifty-six women admitted with postpartum depressive disorders were assessed with respect to their wellbeing, relationships and infant interaction. Twenty-eight women had a history of sexual abuse before the age of 16, nine physical/ emotional abuse and 19 had no history of abuse. Results: The mother-infant relationship was seen to be impaired in the sexually abused group (p = 0.007). The significance increased when all abused women were compared to controls (p = 0.001). In addition, abuse was associated with more severe depression on the Beck Depression Inventory (p = 0.046), and a trend to higher anxiety and longer lengths of stay (p = 0.05 for physical abuse). Partners rated themselves as being more skilled and confident parents. Conclusions: The effect of childhood abuse was indistinguishable between emotional and physical abuse in postpartum depressed women. The most significant effect was a deleterious one on the mother-infant relationship in those women with a history of abuse.

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