An Examination of Risky Sexual Behavior and HIV in Victims of Child Abuse and Neglect: A 30-Year Follow-Up

Objective: This article examined links between childhood maltreatment and risky sexual behavior (early sexual contact, promiscuity, prostitution) and HIV in adulthood. Design: Using a prospective cohort design, physically and sexually abused and neglected children (ages 0-11) with documented cases d...

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Published in:Health psychology 2008-03, Vol.27 (2), p.149-158
Main Authors: Wilson, Helen W, Widom, Cathy Spatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse - psychology
Adult Survivors of Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse
Child Abuse - psychology
Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Child Abuse, Sexual - statistics & numerical data
Child Neglect
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
HIV
HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology
HIV Seropositivity - psychology
HIV Seropositivity - transmission
Human
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Odds Ratio
Promiscuity
Prospective Studies
Prostitution
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Work
Sex Work - psychology
Sex Work - statistics & numerical data
Sexual Behavior
Sexual behaviour
Sexual Risk Taking
Unsafe Sex - psychology
Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data
Victimology
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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