ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2014
Pathway from child sexual and physical abuse to risky sex among emerging adults: the role of trauma-related intrusions and alcohol problems.
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- Sexual Risk Behavior among Adolescents Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Exploring Psychosocial & Symptom Correlates.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Sexual Victimization, Self-Efficacy to Refuse Sex While Drinking, and Regretting Alcohol-Involved Sex among Underserved Youth in Kampala, Uganda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Women's Perceived Likelihood to Engage in Sexual Risk Taking: Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Poor Behavioral Regulation.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Article
- A Prospective Study of Predictors and Consequences of Hooking Up for Sexual Minority Women.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Longitudinal predictors of male sexual partner risk among Black and Latina women in their late thirties: ethnic/racial identity commitment as a protective factor.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Effect of child abuse and neglect on risk behaviors in inner-city minority female adolescents and young adults.Child abuse & neglect · 2020Article
- Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Receptive Anal Intercourse Among Women.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2020Article
- Physical Abuse and Adolescent Sexual Behaviors: Moderating Effects of Mental Health Disorders and Substance Use.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2020Article
- Evaluation of childhood traumatic experience as a risk factor for alcohol use disorder in adulthood.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
- Tobacco and cannabis use in college students are predicted by sex-dimorphic interactions between MAOA genotype and child abuse.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2019Article
- Partner influences on young women's risky drug and sexual behavior.Reproductive health · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeSome evidence suggests that risk reduction programming for sexual risk behaviors (SRB) has been minimally effective, which emphasized the need for research on etiological and mechanistic factors that can be addressed in prevention and intervention programming. Childhood sexual and physical abuse have been linked with SRB among older adolescents and emerging adults; however, pathways to SRB remain unclear. This study adds to the literature by testing a model specifying that traumatic intrusions after early abuse may increase risk for alcohol problems, which in turn may increase the likelihood of engaging in various types of SRB.
methodsParticipants were 1,169 racially diverse college students (72.9% female, 37.6% black/African-American, and 33.6% white) who completed anonymous questionnaires assessing child abuse, traumatic intrusions, alcohol problems, and sexual risk behavior.
resultsThe hypothesized path model specifying that traumatic intrusions and alcohol problems account for associations between child abuse and several aspects of SRB was a good fit for the data; however, for men, stronger associations emerged between physical abuse and traumatic intrusions and between traumatic intrusions and alcohol problems, whereas for women, alcohol problems were more strongly associated with intent to engage in risky sex.
conclusionsFindings highlight the role of traumatic intrusions and alcohol problems in explaining paths from childhood abuse to SRB in emerging adulthood, and suggest that risk reduction programs may benefit from an integrated focus on traumatic intrusions, alcohol problems, and SRB for individuals with abuse experiences.
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