Physical and emotional abuse in pregnancy: a comparison of adult and teenage women.
A sample of 691 African American, Hispanic, and white pregnant teenage and adult women were interviewed in the prenatal setting. On their first prenatal visit, 182 (26%) women reported physical or sexual abuse within the past year. There were significant differences between the teens and adults, with a higher percentage of teens (31.6%) reporting abuse during the prior year than adults (23.6%). The rate of abuse during pregnancy was 21.7% for teens and 15.9% for adult women. Adult women scored significantly higher than teens on two measures of mental abuse. Mental abuse was significantly correlated with physical abuse for all subjects.
Parker
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University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore.
McFarlane
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Soeken
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Torres
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Campbell
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening; D008423:Maternal Age; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009737:Nursing Records; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People