The Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis

Wang, Zhen; Hu, Ming; Yu, Tao-Lin; Yang, Jun

doi:10.3390/ijerph16193666

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“…The present study replicated these results, showing that men who had experienced more childhood emotional abuse reported greater sexual sensation seeking, which was subsequently associated with state impulsivity, state anxiety, and coercive CUR. Thus, it follows that men who experienced greater levels of childhood emotional abuse are not only at an increased risk of engaging in impulsive behaviors during risky sexual encounters (Abajobir et al, 2018; Wang et al, 2019), but also at greater risk for perpetrating sexual aggression in the form of coercive CUR. As such, intervention programs seeking to reduce coercive CUR perpetration should consider screening for and targeting individuals who experienced greater levels of childhood emotional abuse.…”

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The effect of state, trait, and situational factors on young men’s coercive condom use resistance.

Kirwan¹,

Davis²,

Stappenbeck³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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Coercive condom use resistance (CUR) is a significant problem, associated with increases in sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy, feelings of betrayal, and a loss of sexual autonomy. Furthermore, young men are much more likely to perpetrate coercive CUR than young women. Thus, the present study sought to examine the past experiences, trait characteristics, and state emotions that may precede coercive CUR perpetration intentions, including alcohol intoxication, childhood emotional abuse, trait impulsivity, sexual sensation seeking, state impulsivity, and state anxiety, using an alcohol administration procedure. Young, single, nonproblem drinking, and sexually active men who have sex with women from the United States (N = 297; 66% White, 9.4% Black, 10.7% multiracial, 5.1% Asian, 1.0% Native American, 1.0% Pacific Islander, and 10.4% Hispanic or Latino) were recruited for participation. They were randomly assigned to either receive alcohol or remain sober before projecting themselves into a hypothetical sexual scenario with a woman who asked to use a condom. Results showed that greater levels of childhood emotional abuse were associated with increased trait impulsivity and sexual sensation seeking, and that sexual sensation seeking was associated with increased state impulsivity and subsequent anxiety during the scenario. Finally, alcohol intoxication moderated the relationship between state anxiety and coercive CUR such that state anxiety was positively associated with coercive CUR among intoxicated men only. Findings suggest that interventions targeting coercive CUR behavior may be improved by focusing on men who have experienced childhood trauma, as well as their alcohol consumption and in-the-moment experiences of impulsivity and anxiety. Public Significance StatementYoung men who were victims of childhood emotional abuse and who engage in sexual sensation seeking and experience state impulsivity and anxiety are at an increased risk of perpetrating coercive CUR, especially while intoxicated. As such, interventions aimed at reducing risky and/or aggressive sexual behavior should target these young men with an emphasis on modulating their level of intoxication and emotional state during sexual encounters.

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confidence: 99%

The effect of state, trait, and situational factors on young men’s coercive condom use resistance.

Kirwan¹,

Davis²,

Stappenbeck³

et al. 2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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“…For example, adolescents who experienced more harshness, as operationalized by exposure to violence, was less sexually restricted (Brumbach et al, 2009). Similarly, a meta-analysis has demonstrated that childhood maltreatment, an example of environmental harshness, was associated with earlier sexual debut and having multiple sexual partners in adolescence and adulthood (Wang et al, 2019). Ecological harshness has also been linked to faster life history strategies, such that younger women residing in neighborhoods with lower life expectancy gave birth at an earlier age (Wilson & Daly, 1997).…”

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Harshness and unpredictability: Childhood environmental links with immune and asthma outcomes

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The environment has pervasive impacts on human development, and two key environmental conditions – harshness and unpredictability – are proposed to be instrumental in tuning development. This study examined (1) how harsh and unpredictable environments related to immune and clinical outcomes in the context of childhood asthma, and (2) whether there were independent associations of harshness and unpredictability with these outcomes. Participants were 290 youth physician-diagnosed with asthma. Harshness was assessed with youth-reported exposure to violence and neighborhood-level murder rate. Unpredictability was assessed with parent reports of family structural changes. Youth also completed measures of asthma control as well as asthma quality of life and provided blood samples to assess immune profiles, including in vitro cytokine responses to challenge and sensitivity to inhibitory signals from glucocorticoids. Results indicated that harshness was associated with more pronounced pro-inflammatory cytokine production following challenge and less sensitivity to the inhibitory properties of glucocorticoids. Furthermore, youth exposed to harsher environments reported less asthma control and poorer quality of life. All associations with harshness persisted when controlling for unpredictability. No associations between unpredictability and outcomes were found. These findings suggest that relative to unpredictability, harshness may be a more consistent correlate of asthma-relevant immune and clinical outcomes.

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“…As well as mental disorders, children exposed to CM are at risk for impaired cognitive development, asthma, sleep disruptions, somatic complaints such as headache and nausea, and recurrent infectious diseases requiring hospitalization (21). CM is also consistently related to poorer long-term physical health and problematic health behaviors such as diabetes, chronic pain, chronic inflammatory states, obesity, physical inactivity, smoking, increased suicidal behavior, poor sexual health and risky sexual behaviors (3,(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). Further, there is a well-documented risk for substance abuse and corresponding disorders in both children and adults exposed to CM (28) -conditions which incur significant costs for society (e.g., more than $193 billion per year in the US; (29)).…”

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Social functioning in individuals affected by childhood maltreatment: establishing a research agenda to inform interventions

Pfaltz¹,

Halligan²,

Haim-Nachum³

et al. 2021

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In individuals with a history of child maltreatment (CM), impairments in many domains of social functioning are well-documented but poorly understood. We summarize evidence for the detrimental effects of CM on social functioning and present key research recommendations focused on: 1. Identifying alterations in specific inter- and intra- personal processes (e.g., regulation of closeness and distance) that underlie problems in broader domains of social functioning (e.g., lack of perceived social support) in individuals who have experienced CM; 2. Examining whether alterations in specific processes and their link to broader social problems are modulated by internal and external situational factors; 3. Assessing social processes through laboratory studies and in vivo interactive approaches; 4. Adopting an interdisciplinary, lifespan perspective to assess bio-behavioral and environmental effects of CM within and across generations, using multi-method assessments; 5. Establishing global research collaborations to account for cultural and ethnic influences on social processes. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie problems in social functioning, as well as cultural and ethnic influences, might inform the implementation of effective prevention programs. Moreover, the proposed research is critical to develop interventions that help affected individuals build stable and nurturing relationships. Such relationships can – likely through buffering the effects of chronic stress and corresponding allostatic load – foster resilience and improve mental and physical well-being, thereby reducing not only personal suffering but also the societal and economic costs of CM and its consequences.

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The Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis

Cited by 33 publications

References 60 publications

The effect of state, trait, and situational factors on young men’s coercive condom use resistance.

The effect of state, trait, and situational factors on young men’s coercive condom use resistance.

Harshness and unpredictability: Childhood environmental links with immune and asthma outcomes

Social functioning in individuals affected by childhood maltreatment: establishing a research agenda to inform interventions

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