Test-retest reliability of retrospective self-reported maternal exposure to childhood abuse and neglect

Cammack, Alison L.; Hogue, Carol J.; Drews‐Botsch, Carolyn; Kramer, Michael R.; Pearce, Bradley D.; Knight, Bettina T.; Stowe, Zachary N.; Newport, D. Jeffrey

doi:10.1007/s00737-015-0536-x

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“…Additionally, a study evaluating test-retest reliability of the CTQ in pregnant women (before and after delivery) found at least moderate agreement for every subscale except physical neglect. 61 This suggests that compared to other trauma types, physical neglect may be more prone to selective recall. Further, a study comparing prospective and retrospective measures of CM found that retrospective measures may underestimate the association of CM with objective adult health outcomes.…”

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Maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment and risk of stillbirth

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Annals of Epidemiology

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Purpose To determine the association between maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment (CM) and risk of stillbirth (≥ 20 weeks’ gestation). Methods Population-based case-control study from the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network (SCRN) conducted in 2006–2008, and the follow-up study, SCRN-Outcomes after Study Index Stillbirth (SCRN-OASIS), conducted in 2009 in the United States. Cases (n = 133) included women who experienced a stillbirth, excluding stillbirths attributed to genetic/structural or umbilical cord abnormalities and intrapartum stillbirths. Controls (n = 500) included women delivering a healthy term live birth (excluding births <37 weeks gestation, neonatal intensive care unit admission, or death). CM exposure was measured using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, administered during the SCRN-OASIS study. Dichotomized scores for five subscales of CM (physical abuse, physical neglect, emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and sexual abuse) and an overall measure of CM exposure were analyzed using logistic regression. Results Generally, there was no association between CM and stillbirth, except for the emotional neglect subscale (OR: 1.93; 95% CI: 1.17, 3.19). Conclusions Childhood neglect is understudied in comparison to abuse and should be included in future studies of associations between CM and pregnancy outcomes, including stillbirth.

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Maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment and risk of stillbirth

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“…The cross-sectional design limits inferences on temporality of relations observed. Additionally, the data may have been subject to recall bias; however, retrospective reports of exposure to violence in women around the time of pregnancy have demonstrated moderate reliability (Cammack et al 2016). Further, data on other dimensions of IPV (e.g., sexual abuse) were not collected; thus, the prevalence of IPV reported in the current study may be an underestimate.…”

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Partner violence victimization and unintended pregnancy in Latina and Asian American women: Analysis using structural equation modeling

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem in the U.S., affecting nearly one in every three women over their lifetimes. Using structural equation modeling, we evaluated the association between IPV and unintended pregnancy, mediated by condom use and perceived spousal/partner support among Latina and Asian women. Data came from the 2002-2003 National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). The analysis was restricted to married or cohabiting female respondents aged 18+ years (n = 1,595). Dependent variables included unintended pregnancy, condom use, and perceived partner support. Independent variables included physical abuse or threats by current partner and primary decision-maker. Weighted least squares was used to fit path models to data comprising dichotomous and ordinal variables. More than 13% of women reported IPV during their relationship with their partner/spouse. Abused women were twice as likely as non-abused women to have had an unintended pregnancy. This association was partially mediated by perceived partner support. Condom use had a positive, but non-significant association with unintended pregnancy, and IPV had a negative, but non-significant association with condom use. Results highlight the importance of IPV screening for minority women. Efforts to combine family planning and violence prevention services may help reduce unintended pregnancy.

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“…Notably, women were not aware of the hypotheses being tested when answering the IPT survey and standardized measures as used here which query discrete objective events (e.g., punched, kicked, choked) rather than global perceptions (e.g., were you abused as a child) have good reliability when asked proximate to pregnancy. (64) Moreover, women more typically underreport such events which would drive findings toward the null. While we found a significant relationship between maternal IPT and increased smoking in these pregnant women and that prenatal smoking was more prevalent among women who go on to have a child develop asthma (Table 1), we did not find that smoking in pregnancy mediated the relationship between IPT and children’s asthma.…”

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Impact of Maternal Lifetime Interpersonal Trauma on Children's Asthma: Mediation Through Maternal Active Asthma During Pregnancy

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Objective Traumatic stressors, including child abuse and/or interpersonal violence over a woman’s lifecourse, can affect the health of her children. This study examines associations between maternal lifetime interpersonal trauma (IPT) and children’s asthma by age six years (N=857). Methods Pregnant women completed the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale; IPT exposure was categorized as unexposed (55%), early (childhood and/or teen years only, 25%), late (adulthood and/or index pregnancy, 7%), and chronic (early and late, 13%). Clinician-diagnosed asthma in children was reported by mothers at each follow-up visit until the child reached age 6 years. We examined effects of maternal IPT categories and child’s asthma using logistic regression. Using structural equation models, we also examined indirect relationships between maternal chronic IPT and child asthma operating through active asthma in pregnancy, pre-pregnancy BMI, prenatal smoking, and/or increased exposure to other adverse life events or environmental toxins prenatally. Effect modification by the child’s sex was examined. Results Mothers were primarily Hispanic (55%) or Black (30%) with < high school education (62%). In logistic regression models, chronic maternal IPT (compared to unexposed) was associated with asthma in boys (OR=2.87; 95% CI, 1.48–5.57) but not girls (OR=0.69; 95% CI 0.23–2.12) (pinteraction=0.042). In SEMs, chronic IPT was associated with maternal active asthma in pregnancy (β=0.59, p<0.001); maternal active asthma was associated with children’s asthma (β=0.20, p=0.009); and the total indirect effect for this path was significant (β=0.12, p=0.031). Associations were most evident among boys. Conclusions Mothers’ history of chronic interpersonal trauma was associated with asthma in boys. This association was mediated through active maternal asthma in pregnancy.

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Test-retest reliability of retrospective self-reported maternal exposure to childhood abuse and neglect

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Maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment and risk of stillbirth

Maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment and risk of stillbirth

Partner violence victimization and unintended pregnancy in Latina and Asian American women: Analysis using structural equation modeling

Impact of Maternal Lifetime Interpersonal Trauma on Children's Asthma: Mediation Through Maternal Active Asthma During Pregnancy

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