Factors Associated with a History of Childhood Sexual Experience in a Nonclinical Female Population

Sedney, Mary Anne; Brooks, Barbara

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“…Prevalence rates of childhood abuse or adversity range from 8% to 83% in clinical samples of depressed patients and 23% to 68% in community studies depending on the sample characteristics and on the definitions used to measure the adversity (Brown and Anderson, 1991;Carlin et al, 1994;Mullen et al, 1996;Kessler et al, 1997). For example, definitions of sexual abuse range from "some kind of sexual experience with another while growing up" (Sedney and Brooks 1984) to "sexual contact between a girl under 15 and an individual at least 5 years older" (Briere and Runtz 1988). Most research has focused on the adult outcomes of childhood sexual abuse.…”

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Childhood adversity predicts earlier onset of major depression but not reduced hippocampal volume

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2008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

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Childhood adversity may influence severity and age of onset of depression, potentially mediated by greater vulnerability to an existing biochemical or neural mechanism. Prior studies have suggested that reduced hippocampal volume is a result of childhood adversity. This study examined the relationship between childhood adversity, hippocampal volumes and clinical characteristics in women who were recruited for depression history rather than abuse experiences.Thirty-one women with remitted unipolar depression and 24 psychiatrically healthy women completed the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (Bifulco et al 1994). High resolution MRI scans and hippocampal volumetric determination by stereological assessment were obtained. We found that childhood adversity was associated with a history of recurrent depression and with earlier age of depression onset. We did not find a relationship between childhood adversity and hippocampal volumes in this sample with mild childhood adversity. Our results suggest that the decreased hippocampal volume seen in Major Depressive Disorder may be mediated by additional factors. Further research is needed to more fully understand the interrelationships among childhood adversity, hippocampal morphology, neuroendocrine regulation, and other genetic and environmental factors influencing vulnerability to depression.

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Childhood adversity predicts earlier onset of major depression but not reduced hippocampal volume

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2008

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“…The few available studies, mostly cross-sectional, have suggested a link between a history of CSA and the use of illicit drugs such as cannabis (Briere & Runtz, 1988;Burnam et al, 1988;Bushnell, Wells, & Oakley-Browne, 1992;Fergusson, Horwood, & Lynskey, 1996a;Harrison, Fulkerson, & Beebe, 1997;Mullen, Martin, Anderson, Romans, & Herbison, 1993;Sedney & Brooks, 1984;Winfield, George, Swartz, & Blazer, 1990). While there is evidence that individuals sexually abused as children are over-represented among substance users, there are several reasons why the association may not be causal.…”

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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Cannabis Use in Early Adulthood: Findings from an Australian Birth Cohort Study

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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with a wide range of health problems later in life. The impact of CSA on young adults' use of cannabis remains under-studied. We examined the extent to which exposure to CSA was associated with increased rates of use of cannabis in early adulthood in a birth cohort of 3,285 Australian children followed-up to the age of 21 years, when retrospective reports of CSA were obtained from sample participants along with information on their use of cannabis at 21 years. Young adult men and women who reported experiencing CSA had significantly higher rates of frequent use of cannabis in early adulthood, defined as use of cannabis at least "every few days." In multivariate analyses, men who reported a history of CSA had an odds ratio (OR) of 2.1 (95% CI = 1.1-3.9) for frequent use of cannabis at the age of 21 years. For women, there was an OR of 3.9 (95% CI = 2.4-6.3). Family and individual factors measured earlier in the study did not confound these associations. The findings suggest that children experiencing CSA have a substantially greater risk of use of cannabis and, in particular, its frequent use in early adulthood. Further research is required to explore factors that explain the pathway linking CSA and use of cannabis in early adulthood.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Approximately 20% of adult women and 5% to 10% of adult men report sexual abuse at some time during their childhood and adolescence. 10 Date rape has been reported by 5% to 28% of college women 2,11,12 ; one study has suggested that 22% of a sample of men at one college had experienced coercive sexual experiences since the age of 16 years.…”

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Gender Differences in Risk Behaviors Associated With Forced or Pressured Sex

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Emans³

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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Factors Associated with a History of Childhood Sexual Experience in a Nonclinical Female Population

Cited by 263 publications

References 2 publications

Childhood adversity predicts earlier onset of major depression but not reduced hippocampal volume

Childhood adversity predicts earlier onset of major depression but not reduced hippocampal volume

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Cannabis Use in Early Adulthood: Findings from an Australian Birth Cohort Study

Gender Differences in Risk Behaviors Associated With Forced or Pressured Sex

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