Associations between unresolved attachment, abuse history, and a wide range of trauma-related symptomatology were examined in an at-risk sample (N = 62). Fifty percent reported severe childhood physical and/or sexual abuse. An independent trauma interview elicited more reports of childhood sexual abuse than the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI); conversely, the AAI elicited more reports of physi...

In this paper we analyze the phenomenon of abuse and neglect in Romania order to reduce incidence phenomenon. This addresses issues regarding: description child abuse, types (e.g.: physical abuse; sexual emotional / psychological neglect), particularities children Romania, some therapeutic models used treating effects abuse.

Within the three decades since Henry Kempe first popularized the concept of "the battered child syndrome," much has been learned not only about physical abuse but also neglect and sexual abuse. More recently, physicians with an interest in child abuse have expanded their focus to include child death review and other prevention strategies. Despite the increasing specialization of child abuse eva...

Childhood physical and sexual abuse are known risk factors for adult sexual aggression perpetration and victimization, but less is known about the role played by childhood emotional abuse. College sophomores were surveyed regarding their childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse victimization and their late-adolescent experiences of sexual aggression victimization and perpetration. Contro...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether individual differences in coping self-efficacy mediated the association of child abuse and symptoms of ADHD in young adults. METHOD Self-reported measures of coping self-efficacy, child abuse, and ADHD were obtained from 66 adults. RESULTS Adults who reported childhood physical or sexual abuse (prior to the age of 17) had significantly higher levels of ADHD ...

Although lifetime physical and sexual abuse are common among substance use disorder (SUD) patients, few studies have examined the impact of abuse on treatment outcomes, particularly for men. Men with lifetime physical (n = 49), sexual (n = 49), or no abuse (n = 117) history were assessed at entry to outpatient SUD treatment and at 6 and 12 months postintake. Men with a history of physical or se...

Data from a community-based longitudinal study were used to investigate whether childhood verbal abuse increases risk for personality disorders (PDs) during adolescence and early adulthood. Psychiatric and psychosocial interviews were administered to a representative community sample of 793 mothers and their offspring from two New York State counties in 1975, 1983, 1985 to 1986, and 1991 to 199...

epidemiology and characteristics. Dentists are likely to encounter physical abuse, sexual abuse, health care neglect, dental neglect, and safety neglect. Approximately 1% of children are abused or neglected each year in the United States. The incidence of each type in 1980 is recorded in Table 2.2 Physical Abuse Dentists are in a strategic position to recognize mistreated children. While the de...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined whether physical abuse functions as an additional risk factor for adolescent psychopathology after other important known risk factors are controlled for. METHOD The authors recruited 99 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years directly from the New York State Department of Social Services after official documentation of physical abuse. The abused adolescents were c...

CONTEXT Intimate partner abuse has a significant and detrimental impact on the mental and physical health of a woman. Physical abuse is often associated with sexual abuse. OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence and nature of physical and sexual partner abuse experienced by women who request a termination of pregnancy (TOP). DESIGN Quantitative data collection using an anonymous, self-completed...