ArticleChild abuse & neglect2014
Pathways from childhood abuse to prospective revictimization: depression, sex to reduce negative affect, and forecasted sexual behavior.
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- Childhood Maltreatment and Revictimization: A Systematic Literature Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
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- Childhood Trauma and College Sexual Harassment: Coping and Resilience as Moderators.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Violence and sexual risk taking reported by young people at Swedish youth clinics.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
- Examining the Impact of Sexual Revictimization in a Sample of Veterans Undergoing Intensive PTSD Treatment.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Article
- Childhood Trauma History and Negative Social Experiences in College.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2021Article
- Intersections between Young Women's Racial/Ethnic Identities and Sexual Orientation on Rates of Sexual Violence and Substance Use.Psychology and sexuality · 2021Article
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- Re-experiencing Violence Across the Life Course: Histories of Childhood Maltreatment and Elder Abuse Victimization.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2019Article
- From child maltreatment to ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress symptoms: The role of emotion regulation and re-victimisation.Journal of clinical psychology · 2019Article
- Sexual Violence against Women in Germany: Prevalence and Risk Markers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Predicting Sexual Revictimization in Childhood and Adolescence: A Longitudinal Examination Using Ecological Systems Theory.Child maltreatment · 2018Article
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Abstract
Research suggests that adverse events in childhood, such as childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, confer risk for later sexual assault. Psychological distress, coping strategies, and sexual behavior may help explain the path from childhood abuse to revictimization. The present study explored how the use of sex to regulate negative affect (SRNA) operates independently, and in combination with other psychosocial factors to increase college women's (N=541) risk of experiencing prospective adult sexual assault (ASA). Sequential multiple mediator models in Mplus were used to assess the effect of three different forms of childhood abuse on prospective ASA, both independently and while controlling for other forms of childhood abuse. The indirect effect of adolescent sexual assault (AdolSA), depressive symptoms, SRNA, and participants' response to a sex-related vignette was tested using bias-corrected bootstrapping. In the full path model, childhood emotional abuse and AdolSA predicted ASA, while childhood physical and sexual abuse were directly associated with AdolSA, but not ASA. Additionally, depressive symptoms and participants' estimate of their likely behavior in a sex-related vignette directly predicted prospective ASA. Results using bootstrapping revealed that a history of childhood abuse predicted prospective ASA via diverse direct and indirect paths, as well as through a similar multiple mediator path. Overall, findings suggest that a combination of affective, coping, and sexual expectancy factors contribute to risk for revictimization in adult survivors of childhood abuse. Future research directions and targets for risk-reduction programming are discussed.
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