title: The interpersonal and psychological functioning of women who experienced childhood physical abuse, incest, and parental alcoholism.
abstract: Questionnaires assessing childhood physical abuse (CPA), childhood incest (CI), and parental alcoholism (ACOA) were completed by 253 college women from introductory psychology classes at a large midwestern university. The relationship between these variables and the level of depression, self-esteem and involvement with physically abusive, sexually assaultive, sexually coercive, and chemically dependent partners was assessed. Support was found for an additive model of trauma that predicted a relationship between number of childhood traumas and adult outcomes. Limited support was found for a specificity model of trauma that predicted that specific childhood trauma would be predictive of parallel negative adult outcomes.
authors: Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 62901.
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Fox
authors: B O
authors: BO
authors: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence