title: Do child abuse and maternal care interact to predict military sexual trauma?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present research tested the hypothesis that maternal care moderates the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent military sexual trauma (MST).
  
  
  METHODS
  Measures of childhood sexual abuse, maternal care, and MST were administered to 197 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After accounting for gender, age, and the main effects of maternal care and childhood sexual abuse, the maternal care x childhood sexual abuse interaction was a significant predictor of MST (odds ratio = .28, β = -1.26, 95% confidence intervals of .10, .80). As hypothesized, rates of MST were higher among veterans who reported childhood sexual abuse and low levels of maternal care (43%) compared with veterans who reported childhood sexual abuse and high levels of maternal care (11%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that high levels of maternal care may act as a protective factor against future revictimization among military service members. These findings have the potential to inform both prevention and intervention efforts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans; University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg.
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Nathan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kimbrel
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Sandra B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Morissette
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D000367:Age Factors; D019548:Crime Victims; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014728:Veterans; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: child sexual abuse; maternal care; military sexual trauma; parental bonding; revictimization