The Process of Coping with Domestic Violence in Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Griffing, Sascha; Lewis, Carla; Jospitre, Tania; Chu, Melissa; Sage, Robert; Primm, Beny J.; Madry, Lorraine

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“…Two of its subscales-Self-self and Others-self-measure selfesteem, which is associated with anxiety and depression; the Self-others subscale measures traits more often associated with anger. Low self-esteem is well known to be associated with domestic violence (Griffing et al, 2006;Zlotnick et al, 2006). We suspect that our sample was not big enough or too heterogeneous to detect this effect.…”

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Angry Wives, Abusive Husbands: Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Variables

Naeem

Irfan²,

Zaidi

et al. 2008

Women's Health Issues

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Background. A small number of studies conducted in Pakistan have shown high rates of domestic violence. None of the studies, however, discussed associated psychosocial factors. We interviewed a group of women to look at violence and associated psychosocial factors. We wanted to see if self-esteem, quality of relationships, social support, stressful life events, psychiatric symptoms, and different measures of anger were associated with domestic violence.Methodology. In a cross-sectional survey of women presenting to primary care physicians, we used Women's Experience with Battering and Domestic Abuse Checklist to measure domestic violence. The Relationship Assessment Scale, Oslo Social Support Scale, State Trait Anger Inventory, and Evaluative Belief Scale were used to look at the correlates of violence. We used the information in a regression model to identify independent predictors of violence in this sample.Results. More than half of the women reported experiencing battering and/or violence. Women in abusive relationships reported unhappiness with their intimate relationships and had high scores on 1 subscale of anger. Living in extended families was protective against violence.Conclusions. We were able to replicate findings that women in abusive relationships are not satisfied with the relationships with their partners. Living in extended families was protective against violence. Community studies may provide a better design to look at the association between abuse and poverty, literacy, self-esteem, and social support.

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Angry Wives, Abusive Husbands: Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Variables

Naeem

Irfan²,

Zaidi

et al. 2008

Women's Health Issues

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“…These findings indicate that CSA victims who employ avoidant (Sigmon, Greene, Rohan, & Nichols, 1996; Wright et al, 2007) or disengagement (i.e., wishful thinking, self-criticism, and social withdrawal; Griffing et al, 2006) coping strategies tend to report increased depressive symptoms. More specifically, Wright and colleagues discovered that women who reported that their sexual abuse was unresolved were more likely to use avoidant coping strategies, which in turn, predicted greater depression.…”

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Adult coping with childhood sexual abuse: A theoretical and empirical review

Walsh

Fortier

DiLillo³

2010

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…A review on child sexual and physical abuse and alcoholism suggested females were more likely to have alcohol problems when they had been exposed to sexual or physical abuse as children, but there was not sufficient evidence to support a similar conclusion for males [37]. There have been numerous studies into the negative impact of child abuse on psychological well-being [38], self-harm [39], self-esteem [40], life satisfaction [41], etc. The moderating role of female gender in the abuse-substance use relationship could be explained by: i) the use of substances as self-medication in an attempt to control over the negative experience; ii) substance use is a way of exhibiting self-destructive behaviour.…”

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Gender moderates the relationship between childhood abuse and internalizing and substance use disorders later in life: a cross-sectional analysis

Meng

D’Arcy

2016

BMC Psychiatry

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BackgroundAlthough some studies examined the moderating role of gender in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and mental disorders later in life, a number of them examined the effects of only one or two types of maltreatment on an individual mental disorder, for instance, depression, substance use. It is of considerable clinical and theoretical importance to have in-depth understanding what roles of different types of childhood abuse play out in a wide range of mental disorders among women and men using well accepted instruments measuring abuse and mental disorders. The present study aimed to examine this issue using a large nationally representative population sample to explore the gender effect of different types of childhood abuse in mental disorders, and assess the moderating role of gender in the abuse-mental disorder relationship.MethodsUsing data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2012: Mental Health we sought to answer this question. Respondents with information on childhood maltreatment prior to age 16 were selected (N = 23, 395).ResultsWe found: i) strong associations between childhood abuse frequency and gender; ii) significant differences between men and women in terms of mental disorders; iii) strong associations between childhood abuse and mental disorders; and, iv) gender moderated the role of childhood abuse history on adulthood mental disorders. Females with a history of sexual abuse and/or exposure to interpersonal violence were at a greater risk of alcohol abuse or dependence later in life.ConclusionsIntervention should occur as early as possible, and should help female victims of childhood sexual abuse and/or exposure to interpersonal violence, and their families to build more constructive ways to effectively reduce the negative affects of these experiences. Recognition of the moderating role of gender on the relationship between childhood abuse history and mental disorders later in life may aid clinicians and researchers in providing optimal health services.

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The Process of Coping with Domestic Violence in Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Cited by 23 publications

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Angry Wives, Abusive Husbands: Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Variables

Angry Wives, Abusive Husbands: Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Psychosocial Variables

Adult coping with childhood sexual abuse: A theoretical and empirical review

Gender moderates the relationship between childhood abuse and internalizing and substance use disorders later in life: a cross-sectional analysis

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