Going through the rites of passage: timing and transition of menarche, childhood sexual abuse, and anxiety symptoms in girls. [PDF]
, 2011 Menarche is a discrete, transitional event that holds considerable personal, social, biological, and developmental significance. The present longitudinal study examined both the transition and timing of menarche on the trajectory of anxiety in girls with
Leve, Leslie D +2 more
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Long-term outcomes of childhood sexual abuse: an umbrella review
Lancet psychiatry, 2019 Summary Background Although many meta-analyses have examined the association between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent outcomes, the scope, validity, and quality of this evidence has not been comprehensively assessed.
Helen P. Hailes +3 more
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Association between childhood adversities and long-term suicidality among South Africans from the results of the South African Stress and Health study: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: Suicide and suicidal behaviours are significant public health problems and a leading cause of death worldwide and in South Africa. We examined the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behaviour over the life course.
Bishop, Melanie +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Background: It is increasingly becoming accepted that substance use disorders, including substance abuse and substance dependence, are closely related to childhood trauma and posttraumatic stress disorders.
Annett Lotzin +8 more
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Die konstruksie van betekenis by seksuele molestering
Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2000 The construction of meaning in sexual abuse This article is based on the results obtained from a qualitative study undertaken with female survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
R.L. van Niekerk, H.G. Pretorius
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Evaluating Evidence of Childhood Abuse as a Function of Expert Testimony, Judge’s Instructions, and Sentence Recommendation [PDF]
, 2014 In the current study we examined how jurors utilize evidence of childhood abuse as a function of expert testimony and sentence recommendation. We also varied the specificity of instructional language in the context of mitigating circumstances.
Konstantopoulou, Fotine +1 more
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Emotional abuse of girls in Swaziland: prevalence, perpetrators, risk and protective factors and health outcomes [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Research on emotional child abuse in sub–Saharan Africa is scarce. Few studies thus far have examined prevalence, risk and protective factors for emotional child abuse or the associations between emotional abuse and girls’ health. Methods:
Dunne, Michael P. +7 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 IntroductionThis cross-sectional study examines the correlation between childhood trauma, intimate partner violence (IPV), and parenting self-efficacy among women who reported using amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) in an institutional drug ...
Suzaily Wahab +4 more
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Childhood abuse in the etiological continuum underlying psychosis from first-episode psychosis to psychotic experiences [PDF]
, 2015 Goal The present study aimed to examine the prevalence of child abuse across the continuum of psychosis. Patients and methods The sample consisted of 198 individuals divided in three groups: (1) 48 FEP patients, (2) 77 individuals scoring high ...
Alemany, Silvia +7 more
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Clarifying the Effects of Parental Substance Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, and Parental Caregiving on Adult Adjustment [PDF]
, 2000 Parental alcoholism, childhood sexual abuse, and other forms of child maltreatment are generally viewed as contributing to adult adjustment problems. The long-term effects of these various factors, however, are actually not well understood.
Melchert, Timothy
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