CHILDHOOD FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND SEXUAL ABUSE AS PREDICTORS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN ADULT WOMEN

A study of 46 women with histories of childhood sexual abuse and a control group of 93 women without such histories showed an association between childhood sexual abuse and the women's symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well as their perceptions of their families of origin. Results also sug...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1993-01, Vol.63 (1), p.136-141
Main Authors: Yama, Mark F, Tovey, Stephanie L, Fogas, Bruce S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Anxiety-Depression
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Child Sexual Abuse
Depression
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Early Experience
Factors
Family - psychology
Family environment
Family Relations
Fear & phobias
Female
Human
Humans
Major Depression
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mood disorders
Personality Development
Predictors
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Sex crimes
Sexual Abuse
Social Environment
Social research
Women
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Summary:A study of 46 women with histories of childhood sexual abuse and a control group of 93 women without such histories showed an association between childhood sexual abuse and the women's symptoms of anxiety and depression, as well as their perceptions of their families of origin. Results also suggested that family conflict, control, and cohesiveness moderated the relationship between the childhood abuse and current symptoms of depression.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0079399