title: The role of child sexual abuse in the etiology of substance-related disorders.
abstract: To elucidate the role of child sexual abuse in the etiology of substance-related disorders, a systematic review of the several articles on the childhood sexual abuse-related risk for developing substance problems in adolescence or adulthood is provided. Seven databases were searched, supplemented with hand-search of reference lists. Six reviews, including 200 studies, were included. Results indicate that child sexual abuse is a statistically significant, although general and nonspecific, risk factor for substance problems. Other biological and psychosocial variables contribute to substance-related disorders, with sexual abuse conferring additional risk, either as a distal, indirect cause or as a proximal, direct cause. Recommendations for future research are provided.
authors: Department of Pedagogic, Psychological,and Didactic Sciences, University of Salento, Via Stampacchia 45/47 73100, Lecce, Italy. robertomaniglio@virgilio.it
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Maniglio
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*