Childhood sexual abuse and parental alcoholism: interactive effects in adult women.
Symptoms associated with histories of childhood sexual abuse and parental alcoholism were investigated in a sample of 364 university women. A significant association was found in occurrence between the two stressors, and a substantially higher level of symptoms was revealed in women who had experienced both during childhood.
Yama
M F
MF
Department of Psychology, University of Idaho, Moscow.
Fogas
B S
BS
Teegarden
L A
LA
Hastings
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology